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IMMIGRANT  AND  LIBRARY 

Italian  Helps 

WITH  LISTS  OF  SELECTED  BOOKS 


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The  Library  and  the  Immigrant  7 

The  Librarian  and  the  Italian    12 

"The  Lists  that  Follow"   14 

Biography    19 

Travel,  Description,  History 23 

In  the  United  States   27 

Italy    30 

Books  of  Literature  and  Education   38 

Fiction — Italian    43 

Fiction  from  Other  Languages   49 

Books  for  Children 53 

Poetry     57 

Drama    65 

Music    68 

Art,  and  the  Sciences  and  their  Application    71 

Other  Useful  Books     Ti 

Books  of  Reference  81 

Periodicals  and  Newspapers  84 

Library  Rules  and  Helps  in  Italian  89 


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Pronouncing  Italian 


It  is  very  difficult  to  pronounce  Italian  perfectly — very  easy 
to  pronounce  it  so  that  you  can  be  understood.  The  spoken 
word  faithfully  follows  the  spelling.  There  are  no  mute 
vowels,  and  no  silent  consonants  except  h,  which  is  never 
pronounced.  Every  syllable  begins,  if  possible,  with  a  con- 
sonant. Double  consonants  are  usually  divided. 
The  letter  a  is  always  pronounced  as  in  far;  e  sometimes  as  in 
there,  sometimes  like  a  in  gate ;  i  always  has  the  sound  of  i  in 
machine;  o  is  pronounced  as  in  rose — shorter  before  two  con- 
sonants; u  always  as  oo  in  hoot. 

Italians  pronounce  c  before  e  and  i  like  ch  in  church — other- 
wise as  in  English ;  ch  has  the  sound  of  k  before  e  and  i.  And 
so  g  is  pronounced  as  in  gentle  before  e  or  i — otherwise  as  in 
English,  and  gh  is  always  hard;  gn  sounds  like  ni  in  union] 
gl  like  Hi  in  niillion.  The  r  is  rolled — ^^heavily  rolled  by  some 
Italians — and  t  is  pronounced  as  in  return,  never  as  in  nation. 


6  — 


The  Library  and  the  Immigrant 


The  library  was  long  a  sort  of  institutional  Lord  Bacon.  All 
learning  was  its  province.  Now  its  province  has  become  all 
life,  and  it  is  already  the  greatest  of  our  popular  universities. 
It  is  ever  seeking  larger  powers  of  usefulness,  and  striking  is 
its  development  along  simpler  and  humbler  lines. 

In  the  new  duties  that  immigration  has  brought,  it  is  unques- 
tionably meeting  the  greatest  educational  problem  yet  unat- 
tempted  in  this  country.  The  Census  Bureau  states  the  size 
and  signiticance  of  that  problem  when  it  announces  that  there 
are  four  million  foreign-born  white  men  of  voting  age  in  the 
United  States,  who  are  not  citizens,  and  two  million  men  and 
women  either  foreign-born,  ox  wholly  or  partly  of  foreign 
parentage,  who  are  illiterates. 

It  is  of  the  very  first  national  importance  that  the  foreign- 
born  who  are  to  remain  among  us,  should  be  made  an  ef- 
fective part  of  our  democracy, — a  vital  part  of  our  own  people. 
But  how  shall  they  gain  quick  interest  in  our  collective  life^ 
our  citizenship,  our  government?  How  shall  they  be  given 
our  English  and  a  knowledge  of  American  conditions  that 
will  make  their  daily  living  easier,  improve  their  working 
skill  and  wages,  and  reduce  by  one  half,  as  English  does, 
their  liability  to  industrial  accident? 

When  Firmin  Roz,  keenest  of  French  publicists,  wrote  the 
other  year  of  the  marvels  of  the  United  States,  he  put  in  the 
very  forefront  of  his  preface  the  most  astounding  thing  he 
had  found  :  "There,"  he  said,  "the  aged  and  out-worn  races 
of  the  w^orld  repair,  cast  aside  old  age  like  a  garment,  and 
renew  their  youth  in  American  life."  I  believe  that  if  you  see 
the  working  life  of  our  foreign-born  at  its  normal,  all  of  these 
toilers  seem  in  marvellously  rapid  process  of  Americanization. 
But  they  are  often  in  close  touch  with  the  worst  and  not  the 
best  side  of  our  civilization ;  they  too  often  lose  the  restraints 
and  ideals  of  the  old  world  and  find  nothing  to  replace  them. 

In  this  great  work  of  education,  the  library  has  a  far  greater 
opportunity  than  the  school.  Friendly  and  helpful,  its  aid  is 
more  inviting  and  less  formal.  It  makes  less  strenuous  de- 
mand upon  the  attention  of  a  man  who  is  often  very  tired 
after  a  long  day's  work.  It  welcomes  those  who  think  them- 
selves too  old  for  school.  It  is  open  throughout  the  year, 
where  the  night  school  at  most  is  open  only  seven  months  of 
the  j-^ear.     It  can  furnish  papers  and  books  in  the  immigrani's 


own  language  arid 'thus  provide  a  familiar  and  homely  air.  A 
common  meeting  ground  with  Americans,  it  gives  him  a  sense 
of  joint  right  and  ownership  with  us  in  the  best  things  of  our 
country,  and  this  with  no  suggestion  of  patronizing  interest. 
Best  of  all,  I  think,  it  can  put  him  in  effective  touch  with 
American  democracy,  and  American  ideals ;  and  so,  better 
than  any  other  agency,  destroy  the  impression  of  heartless 
commercialism,  that  many  of  our  immigrants,  in  their  colon- 
ies, continually  assert  is  the  main  characteristic  of  our  civili- 
zation. 

Work  for  our  immigrants  is  not  wholly  a  new  thing  in  Amer- 
ican libraries.  It  dates  back  many  years ;  but  it  is  new  in  the 
extent  of  its  present  enterprise  and  interest.  Its  progress  has 
never  been  without  opposition.  Many  have  insisted  that  the 
immigrant  should  have  no  books  in  his  own  tongue.  Many 
have  wished  him  to  forget  everything  he  was  or  thought  be- 
fore coming  to  America,  and  they  have  been  jealous  of  foreign 
languages,   insisting  on  English. 

We  sometimes  forget  that  no  naturalized  citizen  can  ever  be 
a  good  American  unless  he  has  first  been  a  good  Italian  or 
German  or  Greek, — unless  he  has  the  reverent  instinct  of 
loyalty  to  the  land  of  his  birth.  If  he  is  to  be  a  good  Ameri- 
can, we  must  give  him  some  sufficient  reason  for  respecting 
and  loving  our  land.  And  how  better  than  through  the  library 
can  this  country  of  ours  be  made  alluring,  accepted  in  love? 
Alluring  certainly  is  the  library's  invitation  to  personal  prog- 
ress and  self-betterment,  and  in  its  friendly  rooms  are  an 
American  environment  and  the  atmosphere  of  our  spoken 
English. 

Even  though  the  foreigner  may  never  become  a  citizen,  but 
remain  only  as  a  visitor  of  seasonal  labor,  he  may  still  have 
in  the  library  some  helpful  experience  of  American  good-fel- 
lowship, pass  profitable  hours  in  at  least  one  place  that  is  filled 
with  respect  for  the  land  of  his  birth,  and  this  to  the  definite 
advantage  of  our  state.  The  wider  use  of  the  library  by  the 
foreign-born  directly  stimulates  among  us  an  increasing  and 
truer  knowledge  of  other  lands,  and  a  more  generous  under- 
:standing  of  their  national  ideals. 

Ht  is  the  unvarying  experience  of  librarians  that  every  attempt 
made  in  opening  the  libraries  to  our  recent  immigrants  has 
had  large  and  unexpected  success.  Providence  reports  that 
the  hunger  for  books  among  the  foreign-born  is  keen  and  uni- 
versal. Boston,  welcoming  the  unskilled  laborer  as  well  as  the 
cultured  student  of  the  classics,  has  made  striking  progress  in 
these  new  efforts  the  last  three  or  four  years,  and  incidental- 
ly has  discovered — eloquent  testimony  to  the  ambition  in  the 
homes  of  these  workers — that  the  "children  of  foreign-born 
parents   read   a   better   class   of  books   than   their  American 

-8  — 


brothers  and  sisters."  A  Brooklyn  branch  lets  it  be  known 
that  men  coming  from  work  with  their  dinner  pails  are  wel- 
come. And  at  once  the  library  reaches  a  point  and  has  suc- 
cess of  service  before  unknown. 

The  result  of  broad  and  aggressive  work  in  the  New  York 
Public  Library  has  had  an  instant  return.  During  1913,  the 
last  report  records,  the  circulation  of  Italian  books  increased 
by  nearly  ten  thousand — a  remarkable  growth  when  a  mo- 
ment's calculation  shows  you  that  it  amounts  to  nearly  27 
per  cent,  falling  less  than  4  per  cent  behind  the  Yiddish,  read 
by  the  most  eager  frequenters  of  our  libraries. 

And  here  another  significant  matter  may  be  learned,  use- 
ful for  quoting  to  those  who  think  the  dominance  of  our 
English  threatened  by  the  foreign  languages.  In  this  same 
report  the  large  total  is  set  down  of  the  circulation  of  Ger- 
man books — by  far  the  largest  circulation  for  books  in 
foreign  tongues.  Yet,  figuring  again,  it  appears  that  for  all 
the  new  inducements  and  attractions  of  the  library,  the 
annual  gain  had  barely  passed  one  half  of  one  per  cent. 

The  community  life  of  our  foreign  colonies  rapidly  passes. 
Its  picturesqueness  and  foreign  customs  vanish,  its  theatres 
and  festivals.  Even  its  music  dies.  And  in  spite  of  every 
effort  its  speech  is  lost. 

The  generation  of  the  great  mass  of  our  German  immi- 
grants is,  of  course,  rapidly  passing — so  rapidly  that  by  the 
last  census,  in  spite  of  an  immigration  of  seven  hundred 
thousand  for  the  decade,  our  total  German-born  population 
decreased  by  over  three  hundred  thousand.  This  goes  far  to 
explain  a  stationary  circulation.  But  it  is  also  clear  that 
these  same  people,  the  most  literate,  and  the  most  tenacious 
of  their  national  culture  of  all  our  earlier  immigrants,  have 
come  so  far  into  the  practice  of  the  English  language,  for- 
getting their  own,  that  further  increase  of  German  readers  in 
our  libraries  is  hardly  to  be  looked  for. 

It  is  important  for  the  immigrant  to  learn  English  more 
rapidly,  and  the  library  can  greatly  help  in  this.  It  is  also 
important  that  the  knowledge  of  foreign  languages  should 
be  seriously  cultivated  among  us.  It  could  now  easily  be 
made  a  national  accomplishment  as  it  is  in  many  countries  of 
the  Continent.    Here  again  the  library  should  greatly  help. 

But  such  results  as  those  attained  in  New  York  only  come 
as  the  consequence  of  hard  and  earnest  work.  There  are  dif- 
ficulties a  plenty  in  the  way.  Our  foreign-born  working  men 
and  women  oftentimes  know  nothing  of  the  existence  of  the 
library.    Or  they  have  a  strange  fear  to  enter,  and  need  much 


persuasion  before  they  can  believe  that  they  will  be  welcome 
visitors  in  such  splendid  buildings.  Often,  too,  they  seem 
to  fear  that  the  library  may  be  connected  with  a  church  that 
is  trying  to  proselytize  them,  or  that  some  advantage  may  be 
taken  of  them.  They  need  to  learn  that  the  library,  like  the 
school,  is  non-sectarian  and  non-political;  that  it  is  the  prop- 
erty of  the  public,  and  that  full  privilege  of  it  belongs  to  every 
man  and  woman  and  reading  child.  For  this  reason  their 
priests  and  rabbis  make  the  librarians'  most  helpful  friends. 
And  once  the  immigrant  workman  is  persuaded  to  enter 
the  library,  he  needs  immediate  personal  attention.  He  needs 
to  have  the  different  rooms  of  the  library  explained,  the 
few  simple  rules  given  him*  to  read  in  his  own  language.  In- 
dex cards  are  impossible  to  him.  The  open  shelf  is  gener- 
ally almost  useless.  He  knows  little  or  nothing  of  the  proper 
use  of  books;  often  he  has  never  even  handled  one.  He 
requires  the  librarian's  aid  in  the  mysteries  of  selecting  and 
registering  books.  In  short,  he  requires  much  painstaking- 
individual  help. 

But  how  bring  the  immigrant  to  the  library?  In  a  number 
of  places,  very  ambitiously,  lists  were  made,  classified  by 
nationalities,  of  all  the  foreign-born  families  living  within 
the  radius  served  by  the  library ;  and  to  each  family  an  at- 
tractive postal  card  notice  was  sent.  But  in  many  of  our 
cities  such  work  would  be  an  almost  impossible  task.  In 
such  cases,  and  generally,  very  effective  publicity  has  been 
found  in  the  distribution  of  cards  and  leaflets  bearing  lists 
of  appealing  books.  These  have  been  sent  to  the  multitude 
of  national  societies  and  clubs  of  various  kinds  that  exist, 
as  well  as  to  drug,  stationery  and  grocery  stores,  to  the 
rooms  of  trade  unions  and  to  factories.  Many  librarians  are 
regularly  sending  boxes  of  books  to  such  very  practical  dis- 
tributing centres.  And  public  schools,  night  schools,  paro- 
chial schools  are  being  pressed  more  and  more  widely  into 
the  service,  and  the  teachers'  help  very  effectively  claimed. 
In  some  of  the  New  York  branches  rooms  have  been  assigned 
for  the  use  of  literary  and  historical  societies,  and  here  meet- 
ings with  music  have  been  held  for  the  discussion  of  liter- 
ature, history,  folk  lore  and  social  questions.  By  one  admir- 
able and  popular  plan  a  special  visit  is  in%|^|^  of  a  group  of 
men  and  women  of  the  same  nationality. ^^^e  librarian  re- 
ceives them  and  one  of  their  own  countr3^'me^  explains  in  their 
native  tongue  the  privileges  of  the  library.  Most  of  our  for- 
eign friends  are  used  to  being  read  to,  and  an  adaptation  of 
the  story  hour  has  brought  excellent  results.  It  has  proved 
fruitful  in  the  independent  and  more  careful  reading  of 
books,  and  has  sometimes  directly  opened  the  way  to"  the 
formation  of  library  clubs. 

—  10  — 


In  New  York,  also,  lessons  in  English  have  been  given,  the 
library  itself  often  supplying  the  text-books  needed.  This  has 
promptly  caused  a  greater  demand  for  simple  books  in  English. 
Librarians  report  that  every  effort  such  as  these  described  not 
only  increases  membership,  and  revives  the  use  of  cards  that 
have  fallen  into  disuse,  but  gives  a  profitable  opportunity  for 
intensive  study  of  the  neighborhood. 

Successful  experiments  of  great  variety  have  been  made  in 
providing  evening  entertainments  organized  directly  by  the  li- 
brary. These  have  included  simple  lectures,  often  illustrated 
by  the  stereopticon ;  addresses  by  men,  often  leading  men,  of 
different  nationalities  to  those  of  their  own  speech ;  musical 
entertainments,  vocal  and  instrumental;  dramatic  recitations, 
with  national  music  on  the  phonograph ;  exhibitions  of  photo- 
graphs of  Italian  art  and  lace.  As  many  children  are  too 
young  to  leave  alone,  there  is  a  suggestive  instance  at  the 
Mt.  Vernon  Library  that  invites  parents  to  bring  their  little 
ones  to  the  children's  room  for  separate  entertainment. 

Emphatically  it  is  a  work  that  is  fast  growing,  spreading 
usefully  over  the  country.  To  develop  it  efficiently  within 
the  borders  of  the  state,  5lassachusetts  through  its  Free  Pub- 
lic Library  Commission  is  carefully  organizing  effort,  learning 
the  location  of  the  foreign  colonies,  their  nationalities,  and 
library  facilities.  The  active  interest  of  the  leaders  of  the 
various  groups  has  been  secured;  and  with  the  help  of  a 
traveling  secretary  specially  provided  by  the  new  law  to  take 
up  this  educational  work,  the  results  achieved  within  a  single 
year  have  been  so  very  promising  that  it  is  hoped  that  these 
efforts  may  be  greatly  extended.  And  where  one  state  has  so 
practically  led  the  way,  others  must  soon  follow. 

All  this  reveals  the  broad  field  of  service  now  opening  to 
our  libraries.  We  are  apt  to  forget  that  a  man  becomes  an 
American,  that  his  blood  becomes  American,  when  the  judge 
signs  his  second  citizenship  paper.  Whether  he  becomes  a 
good  American  or  a  bad  American  depends  in  some  measure 
upon  ourselves.  The  great  virtues  and  ideals  that  we  are  fond 
of  thinking  characteristically  our  own  are  often  equally  the 
national  ideals  of  other  lands.  Italianitd  and  Americanism 
are  hard  to  distinguish  in  a  moral  definition.  And  if  we  find 
in  America  some  special  glory  and  leading,  even  some  tang  of 
the  air.  that  no  other  land  could  give,  we  may  be  sure  that 
our  nation,  for  all  the  races  of  our  origin,  will  never  become 
great  on  its  cosmopolitan  plan,  unless  we  respect  and  nourish 
the  culture  and  all  the  precious  heritage  of  the  centur- 
ies, developed  by  other  countries  at  such  heavy  sacrifice, 
and  brought  us,  however  humbly  and  indirectly,  by  the 
millions  of  our  immigrants. 

—  11  — 


The  Librarian  and  the  Italian 


Beyond  all  doubt  it  means  trouble  and  work  to  start  an 
Italian  department  in  a  library;  but  it  is  trouble  and  work 
that  always,  so  it  seems,  bring  delighted  satisfaction  to  the 
librarian.  The  Italian  readers  who  come  to  our  libraries  are 
hard-working  folk,  who  were  but  yesterday,  the  majority  of 
them,  shy  and  simple  peasants.  They  are  extremely  grate- 
ful for  everything  done  for  them,  and  scrupulously  follow  the 
rules,  once  they  are  understood.  They  are  full  of  respect, 
and  so  honest  that  the  Boston  Public  Library  reports  the 
disappearance  of  only  three  Italian  books  in  1913. 
It  is  the  common  habit  of  these  Italians  of  ours  to  live 
in  closer  human  fellowship  than  ever  we  do.  Their  gracious 
manners  expect  cordial  ways  and  smiles  and  kindly  acts;  and 
for  these  they  make  polite  and  generous  return.  Following  the 
children,  they  may  call  you  "Teacher,"  but  easy  is  the  trans- 
ition from  teacher  to  friend. 

The  Italian,  it  is  true,  usually  has  a  background  of  reserve. 
He  is  patiently  submissive  to  authority  of  every  sort,  yet 
he  is  hurt  by  brusqueness  and, 'perhaps  more  than  any  other 
of  our  immigrants,  resents  unofficial  intrusion.  "Sir,"  was 
the  complaint  of  an  Italian  workingman^  "these  investigators 
are  as  smoke  in  our  eyes."  But  welcome  to  them  is  such 
friendship  as  the  librarian  can  give,  neither  curious  nor  of- 
ficious, but  full  of  good  will  and  usefulness.  And  they  are  so 
responsive  to  tactful  suggestion  that  its  practical  helpfulness 
is  soon  proved. 

A  gift  for  remembering  faces  and  names  is  a  wonderful  aid 
in  capturing  their  friendship.  Learn  something  of  the  history 
of  Italy  and  the  things  that  Italians  are  proud  of.  Find  out 
from  what  province  each  man  comes.  Learn  a  few  words 
of  Italian  and  ask  their  help  in  learning  more.  One  librarian 
of  my  acquaintance  has  found  memorable  pleasure  and  great 
profit  for  her  work  in  a  summer's  trip  to  Italy. 
It  is  no  difficult  matter  to  make  a  beginning  with  these  good 
people.  Simple  books,  like  the  story  of  Silvio  Pellico's  im- 
prisonment, or  one  of  Vallardi's  little  manuals,  or  some  care- 
fully chosen  volume  from  the  children's  shelf,  sent  home  from 
time  to  time  by  a  small  boy  or  girl,  may.  finally  bring  you  a 
man  who  thinks  he  is  too  old  to  learn  any  English,  and  yet 
has  secretly  yearned  to  have  some  book  in  his  own  tongue. 

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Take  the  new-comer  to  the  Italian  books,  even  though  he 
can  only  be  shown  by  gestures,  for  certainly  the  Italian,  quick- 
est of  all,  understands  gesture.  You  will  find  it  a  lan- 
guage of  large  possibilities.  You  may  not  know  a  single 
word  of  Italian,  and  yet  simply  by  gestures  be  able  to  explain 
quite  satisfactorily  the  Italian  resources  of  the  library  as  he 
needs  to  know  them.  And  incidentally  you  will  discover  his 
tastes,  and  be  able  to  oflfer  him  some  specific  book,  perhaps 
opened  at  an  interesting  chapter. 

At  the  time  of  your  new  reader's  enrollment,  be  sure  im- 
pressively to  call  his  attention  to  the  rules,  which  should 
be  printed  in  Italian.  And,  a  thing  of  great  importance,  to 
avoid  otherwise  inevitable  misunderstandings,  point  out  for 
his  special  reading  the  rule  about  fines,  and  the  one  restrict- 
ing the  number  of  novels  that  may  be  taken  out — if  you  have 
such  a  rule.  And  as  many  are  careless  in  the  handling  of 
books, —  none  will  damage  them  wilfully — it  would  be  well  if 
every  volume  on  the  Italian  shelves  carried  such  a  paster  of 
advice  as  that  given  in  the  last  chapter  of  this  book. 

Our  Italian  readers  are  fond  of  the  heroic,  the  dramatic, 
the  ideal  and  the  noble,  and  they  like  the  picturesque.  Poetry, 
drama,  fiction,  biography,  history,  travel  are  popular  with  them 
and  in  about  the  order  named.  But  you  will  meet  with  many 
surprises.  Many  a  rough  looking  laborer  you  will  find  who 
will  revel  in  the  classics.  It  was  a  workman,  grimy  from  the 
shops,  who  returned  Hamerton's  "Intellectual  Life"  to  a  li- 
brarian in  a  little  Massachusetts  town,  with :  "That's  what  I 
call  a  good  book!" 

In  the  New^  York  Public  Library  Italians  make  constant  de- 
mand for  simple  books  of  agriculture.  And  though  nothing 
may  rival  in  enthralling  power  "I  Reali  di  Francia,"  it  is  sur- 
prising how  often  an  immigrant  with  no  discoverable  school- 
ing will  be  a  keen  judge  of  the  practical  value  of  a  book.  You 
will  find  them  grow  enthusiastic  about  the  library.  None  are 
inspired  so  easily  as  they  by  the  artful  words:  "The  more 
you  use  these  books  and  magazines,  the  more  of  them  we 
shall  buy." 

For  a  last  word:^  Cultivate  in  the  Italian  a  love  for  the  land 
of^  his  birth.  Give  him  books  about  Italy  and  the  Italian 
things  he  craves.  So,  he  will  come  to  find  America  a  friendly 
home,  worthy  of  love  and  better  knowledge.  In  the  personal 
touch  of  friendship  is  all  the  magic  of  dealing  with  these 
simple  and  lovable  people. 


—  13 


"The  Lists  That  Follow" 


If  the  Italian  people  formerly  read  little,  it  was  because 
the  stress  of  life  made  books  and  reading  luxuries  that 
few  could  afiford ;  and  the  books  urged  were  forbidding, 
learned,  so  burdened  with  rigorous  logic  and  philosophical 
generalities  that  they  were  called  "iioiosi"  by  the  common 
people  who  ventured  to  open  them, — and  utterly  wearisome 
they  mostly  were. 

But  during  the  last  ten  years,  following  the  rap^d  de- 
velopment of  national  wealth,  life  on  easier  terms  has 
brought  greater  leisure,  and  with  the  grow'th  of  the 
schools,  and  the  fight  on  illiteracy  in  the  South,  the  habit 
of  reading  is  fast  becoming  national,  and  popular  and 
excellent  books  in  great  variety  have  appeared.  Often 
sold  for  a  few  centesimi,  they  have  had  the  great  merit 
of  being  simple,  informing,  and  at  the  same  time  readable. 
And  strangely  enough,  among  the  most  attractive  and 
popular  of  them  have  been  school  books,  until  now  in 
every  land  the  special  abomination  of  the  adult.  The 
great  success  of  their  first  experiments  has  led  to  more 
ambitious  attempts  by  the  publishers,  and  new  demands 
have   come   for  new  books  of  the   most   varied   sort. 

Unfortunately,  for  our  purpose,  as  will  be  seen,  there  are 
few  books  for  the  immigrant  dealing  helpfully  with 
American  life.  One  will  hunt  in  vain  for  accurate  and 
readable  books  of  American  history;  for  simple  and  prac- 
tical books  on  American  business,  industries  and  agricul- 
ture, and  their  opportunities;  or  for  American  biograph- 
ies, books  of  description,  travel,  popular  customs,  sports. 
Grammars  and  manuals  for  learning  English,  with  the 
promising  title  *'metodo  accelerato*'  are  many  and  often 
expensive,  but  they  are  of  little  use  to  the  people  for 
whom  they  are  mainly  intended. 

The  excellent  model  gift  libraries  so  generouslv  dis- 
tributed by  the  Societd  Nazionale  Dante  Alighieri  have 
formed  the  basis  of  the  lists  that  follow.  Many  help- 
ful suggestions  were  found  in  the  admirable  BibUotechine 
of  the  Federazione  Italioua  delle  Biblioteche  Popolari. 
as  well  as  in  the  Catalogo.  and  its  supplement,  of  the 
Coniniissione  Permanente  per  le  Librerie  dei  Marinai. 
In  our  own  country,  the  Catalogo  dei  Libri  Italiani  issued 
by  the  Ne\N-  York  Public  Library  has  been  of  the  g  eatesr 

—  14  — 


service.  'J'he  lists  of  the  Public  Libraries  of  Providence 
and  Springfield,  Mass.,  have  been  most  carefully  and 
profitably  read.  J\Iost  helpful  and  suggestive  has  been 
that  excellent  little  pamphlet,  "Aids  in  Library  Work 
with  Foreigners"  by  Miss  Marguerite  Rcid  and  Mr.  John 
G.  Moulton,  first  issued  by  the  Massachusetts  Library 
Club,  and  now  published  by  the  American  Library  As- 
sociation. To  these  should  be  added  the  latest  catalogues 
of  the  Italian  publishers,  with  their  very  attractive  and 
important  announcements. 

In  preparing  these  lists,  special  attention  has  been  given 
to  the  needs  of  readers  of  limited  educational  experience, 
and  a  considerable  number  of  elementary  books  have 
been  included.  But  the  uniform  experience  of  librarians 
is  that  the  reading  of  our  foreign  born  is  steadily  pro- 
gressive; and  in  the  great  mass  of  our  immigrants  there 
are  many  with  excellent  educations,  who  have  bravely 
been  willing  to  start  life  anew  in  a  new  land,  sometimes 
taking  rough  manual  work  and  showing  no  outward  mark 
of  that  education  which  they  really  have.  And  so  these 
lists  have  been  formed  with  a  definite  idea  of  progression. 
For  this  reason  they  should  also  be  of  service  as  a 
reading  guide  for  Americans,  who,  with  varying  mastery 
of  the  language,  are  coming  to  take  a  deeper  interest  in 
Italian  literature  and  the  development  of  Italian  nattonal 
life. 

For  our  selection,  the  first  purpose  has  been  to  seek 
books  of  fine  human  quality,  of  great  and  attractive 
simplicit}^  Some  famous  names  have  been  omitted  for 
a  variety  of  sufficient  reasons.  It  has  been  the  purpose 
to  include  no  expensive  books,  no  difficult  books  of 
science  or  of  research,  of  narrow  or  purel}'  scholarly  in- 
terest, no  unwholesome  or  trivial  books,  no  books  repre- 
senting the  aesthetic  or  decadent  schools,  no  English 
books — for  though  the  number  of  these  is  restricted. 
many  useful  lists  already  exist.  No  religious  books  will 
be  found  here,  except  "The  Little  Flowers  of  St.  Francis" 
and  "Pilgrim's  Progress." 

The  descriptive  notes  make  no  ambitious  attempt  to 
give  a  complete  critical  estimate  of  authors,  but  merely 
in  an  elemental  way  to  be  suggestive  and  informing.  As 
these  lists  are  not  exclusively  for  the  use  of  librarians, 
no  knowledge  whatever  of  Italian  books  or  literature 
is  presumed.  It  is  hoped  that  no  apology  is  needed  for 
a  somewhat  unvarying  note  of  praise — a  deliberate  at- 
tempt has  been  made  to  select  books  that  are  worthy^ 
of  praise,  the  best  that  are  available  of  those  now  in 
print. 

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In  the  description  of  each  book  here  listed,  the  author's 
name  comes  first,  except  in  the  case  of  works  that  are 
anonymous.  Then  follow  the  title  of  the  book — trans- 
lated into  English  when  necessary;  the  name,  in  Italian, 
of  the  place  of  publication;  the  name  of  the  publisher;  the  date 
of  printing  of  the  edition  chosen;  a  brief  bibliographical  de- 
scription, and  the  price. 

Where  the  date  of  an  author  is  not  given,  it  means  that 
he  is  either  a  contemporary,  or  has  recently  been  writ- 
ing. The  many  asterisks  do  not  indicate  books  that  are 
equally  important  or  desirable  or  simple.  They  are  rnere- 
ly  a  note  of  attention,  suggesting  a  first  choice,  subject 
to  conditions  that  must  vary  with  each  library. 
As  these  lists  have  come  for  a  final  revision,  they  have 
made  upon  me  a  double  impression  deeply  marked.  They 
seem. to  mirror  the  sentiment,  the  life,  the  whole  progress 
of  modern  Italy.  And  most  impressive  of  all,  in  almost 
every  section  is  the  inspiring  patriotic  note.  The  poets' 
dream  of  a  united  Italy,  constant  throughout  the  centuries 
from  the  time  of  Dante,  was  at  last  given  substance 
through  the  heroic  work  of  the  Revolution.  And  that 
great  struggle  of  the  Risorgimento — the  long  and  bitter 
years  stretching  from  1814  and  the  Congress  of  Vienna 
to  the  September  day  in  1870,  when  the  armies  of  Victor 
Emanuel  entered  Rome, — forms  a  basis  upon  which 
nearly  everything  that  is  worthy  in  the  life  and  in  the 
literature  of  the  new  Italy  has  since  been  built.  We 
Americans  would  do  well  to  know  more  of  the  great  men  of 
that  time  and  their  great  deeds,  that  did  in  fact  accom- 
plish the  "resurrection"  of  Italy.  In  Italian  patriotism 
we   should   find  refreshment   for  our  own. 

Ordering  Books 

With  most  of  the  larger  Italian  publishers  it  is  possible 
to  correspond  in  English,  and  orders  may  be  sent  them 
directly.  But  generally,  to  avoid  mistakes  and  misunder- 
standings, unless  correspondence  can  be  in  Italian,  it  is 
strongly  advised  that  all  purchases  be  made  through  a 
responsible  American  agent.  Brentano's,  229  Fifth  Ave- 
nue, New  York,  and  G.  E.  Stechert  &  Company,  151  West 
25th  Street,  New  York,  are  well-known  importers  and 
carry  a  considerable  stock  of  Italian  books.  Books  that 
are  not  on  their  shelves,  they  will  import  promptly  direct 
from  the  publishers.  Such  orders  require  from  six  to 
eight  weeks.  The  prices  are  invariably  given  in  Italian 
money,  the  lira.  Its  American  equivalent  will  vary  from 
21c  to  25c,  depending  to  some  extent  upon  the  cost  of  the 
book,    and    the    amount    of    the    purchase.      Books    may    be 

—  16  — 


had  by  post  in  from  three  to  four  weeks  at  an  additional 
cost  of  about   10%. 

Unless  otherwise  stated,  the  books  listed  are  in  paper. 
Books  so  quoted  can  only  be  had  in  this  way,  practically 
unbound,  and  usually  need  immediate  and  substantial 
binding.  Many  of  the  cheaper  books  issued  by  Italian 
and  other  continental  publishers  are  so  poorly  bound  in 
paper,  and  so  poorly  stitched,  that  they  can  hardly  be  cut 
and  opened  for  the  reading  of  a  single  chapter  without 
falling  apart.  This  matters  little  in  a  land  where  book- 
binding is  cheap,  and  either  economy  or  taste  requires 
books  in  paper,  but  it  often  means  serious  difficulties  for 
the   innocent   American   purchaser. 

With  the  exception  of  a  few  manuals,  every  book  in- 
cluded in  these  lists  has  been  seen  and  examined.  Par- 
ticular effort  has  been  made  to  select  editions  of  moderate 
price,  and  there  has  been  equal  effort  to  choose  those 
well  printed  on  good  paper.  But  in  many  cases  the  only 
form  in  which  a  book  may  be  had,  and  this  is  particularly 
true  of  translations,  is  in  a  very  cheap  edition. 
It  is  believed  that  every  volume  described  in  these  lists 
is  now  in  print.  A  very  large  proportion  of  the  titles — 
nearly  70% — are  of  books  that  have  been  printed  within 
the  last  five  years.  They  are  all  to  be  found  in  current 
catalogues,  with  the  exception  of  a  few,  and  for  these, 
pains  have  been  taken  to  make  certain  that  they  are  held 
in  ample  stock. 

It  is  the  experience  of  librarians  that  it  is  necessary  to 
purchase  in  greater  number  duplicates  of  books  that  are 
popular  with  these  new  Americans,  than  of  popular  books 
for  any  other  class  of  readers.  Their  disappointment  is 
keen  if  they  fail  to  secure  a  book  on  which  they  have  set 
their  hearts.  A  second  failure  often  results  in  abandon- 
ment of  all  further  effort. 


—  17  — 


Biography 


The  great  popularity  of  books  of  biography  among  Italian 
readers  is  frequently  a  surprise  to  our  librarians.  But  there 
is  no  mystery  in  the  preference.  It  is  a  choice  that  is  chiefly 
due  to  the  thrilling  heroic  and  dramatic  appeal  in  the  life 
stories  that  have  been  written  of  many  men,  who  were  great 
patriots,  who  sacrificed  and  suffered  much,  and  won  liberty 
so  splendidly  for  the  oppressed  and  divided  land  of  their  birth. 

*  ALFIERI,  VITTORIO.  See  also  "Drama."  1749-1803.  Vita 
e  rune  scelte.  Roma:  Albrighi,  Segati  e  C.  1902.  5"  x  7>4". 
pp.  240.     L1.80. 

The  autobiography  and  selected  poems  of  the  great  poet, 
who  Carducci  said,  "created  the  Revolution  in  Italy."  The 
"Life"  of  this  fierce,  impetuous  and  forthright  man  to 
whom  liberty  was  a  religion  makes  thrilling  and  inspiring 
reading — thrilling  for  its  adventures,  inspiring  for  its 
story  of  long  struggle  and  patience  and  work.  It  is  be- 
sides a  strongly  personal  book.  He  pictures  himself:  "A 
resolute  soul,  most  obstinate  and  unconquered;  a  heart 
filled  to  overflowing  with  love  of  every  sort;  and  with 
that  strange  mixture  of  love  and  all  its  furies,  I  had  in 
me  a  profound  and  most  ferocious  rage  and  horror  for 
tyranny  in  every  form." 

BACCINI,  IDA.  See  also  "Books  for  Children."  La  mia 
vita — Ricordi  autobiografici.  Roma:  Albrighi,  Segati  e  C. 
1904.    5"x7^".    pp.297.    L3. 

The  life  story  of  a  very  popular  writer — a  school  teacher 
of  Florence,  whose  writings,  largely  for  children,  are 
marked  by  great  simplicity  and  gentleness  of  spirit. 
Widely  honored  and  loved. 

*  BEI.LIO,  V.  Cristoforo  Colombo.  Milano :  Ulrico  Hoepli. 
1892.    4^4"  x  6".    pp.159.    L  1.50.     Illustrated  and  bound. 

A  popular  story  of  Columbus,  interesting  and  written 
with  special  appeal  to  Italians. 

^  BELTRAMI,  LUCA.  Alessandro  Manzoni.  Milano :  Ulrico 
Hoepli.    1898.    4^"x6".    pp.191.    L  1.50. 

A  charming  little  book,  crowded  with  personal  detail, 
and  in  spite  of  its  few  pages,  with  illustrations.     Manzoni 

—  19  — 


was  a  great  patriot  as  well  as  a  great  novelist  and  poet. 
His  were  the  words,  famous  in  Italian  history:  "We  shall 
not  be  free,  if  we  are  not  united." 

CAPPELLETTI,  LICURGO.    Napoleone  I.    Milano :  Ulrico 
Hoepli.    1908.    4"x6".    pp.272.    L2.50. 
Admirable  little  biography,  well  illustrated. 

*  CELLINI,  BENVENUTO.  1500-1571.  La  vita  scritta  da  lui 
medesimo.  Edited  by  Gaetano  Guasti.  Firenze :  G.  C.  Sansoni. 
1908.    5%"  X  73/4"-    PP-  205.    L  1.50. 

One  of  the  famous  autobiographies  of  the  world  and  one 
of  Italy's  classics — the  swashbuckling  story  of  the  great 
16th  century  artist.     Expurgated  edition. 

*  D'AZEGLIO,  MASSIMO.  See  also  "Fiction— Italian."  1798- 
1866.  I  miei  ricordi.  Edited  by  Prof.  A.  Pippi.  Firenzi :  G. 
Barbera.     1910.    5"x7H".    pp.361.    L2. 

The  very  popular  and  inspiring  autobiography  of  "the 
spotless  knight  without  fear" — il  cavaliere  senza  macchia 
e  senza  paura — of  the  heroic  struggle  for  the  regeneration 
of  Italy.    Painter,  novelist,  soldier,  statesman,  prime  minister. 

*  FRANKLIN,  BENJAMIN.  La  vita,  scritta  da  se  medesimo. 
Translated  by  Pietro  Rotondi.  Firenze:  G.  Barbera.  1912. 
5"x7".    pp.  296.    L2. 

Several  editions  of  Franklin's  autobiography  have  been 
printed  in  Italy,  and  have  been  widely  read. 

GOTTI,   AURELIO.     See  also  "Italy."     Italiani  del  secolo 

XIX.    Citta  di  Castello :  S.  Lapi.    1911.    6^"  x  10".    pp.417. 

L3. 

A  selection  of  biographical  sketches  of  twenty  important 

men  of  Italy  of  the  19th  century. 

I  due  primi  re  d' Italia.     Roma:  Albrighi,  Segati  e  C.     1912. 

53^"  X  8".    pp.  288.    L2. 

The  story,  simply  told,  of  the  lives  of  the  first  two  kings 

of  Italy. 

*  KING,  BOLTON.  Mazsini.  Firenze:  G.  Barbera.  1905. 
5"x7".    pp.400.    L4. 

The  most  popular  volume  of  this  admirable  series.  A 
very  inspiring  story  of  "the  apostle  of  liberty,"  who, 
preaching  and  organizing,  dedicated  his  whole  life  to 
Italy  and  its  cause  of  freedom  and  union. 

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*  MARIO,  JESSIE  WHITE.  La  vita  di  Garibaldi.  Milano: 
Fratelli  Treves.  1902.  5"  x  7^".  pp.  285,  303.  2  vols.  L.l 
each. 

The  popular  biography  of  Garibaldi,  the  great  hero  of  the 
Revolution. 

*  MORANDI,  LUIGI.  See  also  "Literature  and  Education." 
Come  fu  educato  Vittorio  Emanuele  III.  Roma:  G.  B. 
Paravia  e  C.  1905.  5^"x8".  pp.141.  Illustrated.  L  1.50. 
Tells  in  a  very  entertaining  way  of  the  education  and 
training  of  the  present  King  of  Italy — of  the  Spartan  dis- 
cipline to  which  he  was  subjected  as  a  boy,  and  the  great 
diversity  and  shrewd  practical  usefulness  of  his  studies. 

*  PELLICO,  SILVIO.  1788-1854.  Le  mie  prigioni.  Milano: 
Bietti.     1911.    4^"x7^".    pp.253.     LI. 

A  famous  popular  book  of  Italy.  This  story  of  the  prison 
life  of  Pellico  had  an  important  part  in  the  great  strug- 
gle for  liberty.  'Tt  w^as  a  real  battle  against  Austria."  For 
its  political  effect  it  has  been  compared  to  "Uncle  Tom's 
Cabin."  Celebrated  for  its  beauty  and  mildness  of  spirit, 
its  simplicity  of  language. 

"  PLUTARCH.    Vite  degli  uomini  illustri.     Milano:  Sonzogno. 
1913.    5"  X  7H".    pp.  400.    L  1.50. 
Includes  the  most  famous  "Lives." 

^'RAMBALDI,  PIER  LIBERALE.  Amerigo  Vespucci. 
Firenze:  G.  Barbera.  1898.  5"  x  7".  pp.229.  L2. 
Italian  readers  in  our  libraries  are  keenly  interested  in 
the  stories  of  the  two  great  Italian  discoverers.  Amerigo 
Vespucci,  no  less  than  Columbus,  appeals  to  their  nation- 
al pride. 

RICCI,  C.  Michelangelo.  Firenze:  G.  Barbera.  1904.  5"  x  7". 
pp.  208.    L2. 

An  excellent  short  life,  clearly  and  simply  written,  with 
abundant  human  detail. 

4$.  SCHIATTAREGIA.  PROF.  BENEDETTO.  Vita  di  Vit- 
torio Emanuele  II.  Roma :  Albrighi,  Segati  e  C.  1896. 
5"x7i^".    pp.  103.     Illustrated.     LI. 

A  very  simple  story  of  the  life  and  times  of  Victor  Eman- 
uel II.  A  popular  account  of  the  patriotic  and  heroic 
aspect  of  the  long  struggle  for  the  liberty  and  union  of 
Italy.  It  includes  many  of  the  most  famous  pieces  of 
patriotic  poetry  of  the  days  of  Victor  Emanuel. 

—  21—        y- 


VASARI,  GIORGIO.  1511-1574.  Narrazioni  scelte  dalle  vite. 
Firenze:  G.  Barbara.  1905.  4M"  x  7^".  pp.315.  L2. 
For  ordinary  library  purposes,  probably  the  best  selec- 
tion of  Vasari's  "Lives  of  the  most  Excellent  Painters, 
Sculptors  and  Architects" — contains  nearly  all  the  famous 
passages. 

VILLARI,  PASQUALE.  1827—.  Storia  di  Girolamo  Savo- 
narola. Firenze :  Successori  Le  Monnier.  1898.  6"  x  8J^". 
2  vols.  pp.  532  &  CLXVIII,  261  &  CCCLVI.  L  6.  each. 
The  life  of  Savonarola  is  considered  the  best  work  of 
Italy's  foremost  living  historian,  who  in  learning  and  crit- 
ical pov^^er  is  frequently  compared  by  Italian  scholars  to 
Macaulay. 

*  ZANICHELLI,  DOMENICO.    Cavour.    Firenze:  G.  Barbara. 
1905.    5"x7".    pp.  427.    L4. 

Admirable  life  within  small  limits  of  the  wise  statesman 
and  prime  minister,  whose  political  skill  had  so  great  a 
part  in  the  creation  of  the  new  Italy.  Cavour,  like  King 
Victor  Emanuel,  is  called  the  "Father  of  his  Country." 


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Travel — Description — History 


*  ABRUZZI,  DUCA  DEGLI.  La  "Stella  Polare"  nel  mare 
artico.  1899-1900.  Milano :  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1912.  6^"x9j.r. 
pp.  518.  Profusely  illustrated — 2  maps — bound  in  cloth. 
L8.50. 

A  graphic  account  of  the  voyage  of  the  ''Polar  Star" 
(1899-1900)  and  the  Arctic  explorations  of  the  Duke  of 
the  Abruzzi.    Very  popular. 

BARETTI,  GIUSEPPE.  1719-1789.  Lettere  fatnigliari.  Ed- 
ited bv  Gioachino  Brognoligo.  Roma :  Albrighi,  Segati  e  C. 
1906.  "5"x7i^".    pp.  194.    L2. 

Fascinating  letters  of  an  18th  century  traveller  in  Spain 
and  Portugal.  Humorous,  rapid,  keen-eyed  observer  of 
men  and  national  customs,  picturesque,  farcical.  Baretti 
was  a  friend  of  Samuel  Johnson. 

BARZINI,  LUIGI.  La  meta  del  mondo  vista  da  un  automo- 
bile. (The  Half  of  the  World  as  Seen  from  an  Automobile). 
Milano:  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1910.  6i/4"x9H".  PP-  523.  Bound 
and  illustrated,  with  maps  L  9.50. 

From  Pekin  to  Paris  in  60  days  in  an  automobile.  De- 
lightful book  of  travel — vivid  and  brilliant  pages — by  one 
of  the  ablest  of  living  journalists.  Extraordinary  photo- 
graphic power. 

BEVIONE,  GIUSEPPE.  See  also  "Italy."  LInghilterra 
d'oggi.  (The  England  of  To-day).  Torino:  Fratelli  Bocca. 
1910.    5"  X  7H".    pp.  439.    L  5. 

Highly  instructive  and  interesting  book,  brilliant  and 
sympathetic,  written  by  one  of  the  most  serious  of  the 
younger  newspaper  men  of  Italy,  who  was  for  several 
years  London  correspondent  of  "La  Stampa"  of  Turin: 
English  Life — The  Theatre — Sport — Journalism — A  study 
of  the  new  Imperialism. 
'^  U Argentina.  Torino:  Fratelli  Bocca.  1911.  5"  x  7^".  pp. 
239.     L3.50. 

Careful  journalistic  studies  of  social,  economic,  and  po- 
litical conditions  in  the  Argentine  Republic,  of  great  in- 
terest to  Italians,  because  of  the  large  Italian  population 
in    that    country.      Almost    everyone     has     friends     there, 

-23  — 


particularly  the  northern  Italian.  This  book  pays  special 
attention  to  this  phase  of  interest. 

*  BIASIOLI,  U.  Piccola  storia  del  popolo  argentino.  Milano : 
Antonio  Vallardi.  1910.  4^"  x  7^"-  PP-  149.  Illustrated. 
L.60. 

This  admirable  little  book  gives  a  brief  history  of  the 
Argentine,  some  account  of  its  original  peoples,  of  its 
present  population,  of  its  geography,  climate,  institutions, 
customs,  industry  and  commerce,  with  a  very  useful 
chapter  on  the  Italian  immigrant  in  the  Republic. 

BORGHESE,  G.  A.  La  nuova  Germania.  Torino :  Fratelli 
Bocca.     1909.    5"  x  714".    pp.  495.    L  5. 

This  is  not  merely  a  serious  and  exact  study  of  the  life 
of  the  new^  Germany;  but  in  telling  "how^  the  Germans 
live"  it  becomes  a.  picturesque  book  of  travel,  rapid, 
photographic,  crowded  with  illustrative  anecdotes. 

*  BRA'GAGNOLO,  G.  See  also  "Music."  Storia  di  Francia. 
Milano  :  Ulrico  Hoepli.    1905.  4"  x  6".    pp.  424.    L  3. 

A  rapid  and  concise  account  of  the  history  of  France 
"from  the  most  remote  times"  to  our  own  days. 

*  Storia  d'Inghilterra.  Milano  :  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1906.  4"  x  6". 
pp.  367.     L3. 

Like  the  author's  history  of  France,  this  little  history  of 
England  is  notable  for  rapid  narration  that  sacrifices 
nothing  to  interest.  It  carries  the  story  from  Roman 
days  almost  to  the  present. 

*  CASTELLIN'I,  GUALTIERO.  /  popoli  halcanici  nell'anno 
delta  guerra.  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1913.  5"  x  7j^".  pp. 
211.    Illustrated.    L3.50. 

A  political  study  of  the  Balkan  peoples,  made  during  the 
year  of  the  war,  from  the  Italian  point  of  view.  Filled 
with  human  interest  and  well  illustrated.  The  author  ef- 
fectively answers  the  question:     "What  are  these  people?" 

^r  COLOMBO.  E.  Argentina.  Milano:  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1909. 
4^"x6".    pp.330.    L3.50. 

A  historical  account  of  the  Republic  of  Argentina  that 
includes  much  detail  on  present  economic  conditions,  sta- 
tistics, notes  of  geography,  etc. 

COCCHIA,  E.  //  Giappone  vittorioso.  (Victorious  Japan). 
Milano  :  Ulrico  Hoepli.    1913.    5"  x  7\^".    pp.  408.    L  5.50. 

Tells  the  story  of  the  rapid  evolution  of  the  Japanese 
spirit,    its    historical    causes,    and    its    consequences,    political 

—  24  — 


and  social.  The  sub-title  "The  Rome  of  the  F"ar  East" 
completes  the  description  of  an  extremely  readable  and 
instructive  book. 

DE  AMICIS.  EDMOXDO.     See  also  ''Literature  and  Edu- 

*  cation",  ''Fiction — Italian",  "Books  for  Children",  and  "Poetr}'." 
1846-1908. 

The  first  popular  writer  of  Italy.  An  unusually  long  list 
of  his  books  is  recommended.  His  simple  and  direct 
style,  friendly  spirit,  imbued  with  love  for  humanity,  his 
healtliy  sentiment  and  sympathy,  passionately  Italian, 
make  him  a  particularly  effective  "public  educator."  as 
he  has  been  called,  for  young  men  and  workmen  to 
whom  so  large  a  part  of  his  work  was  consecrated.  His 
stories  are  delightful,  filled  with  genial  humor,  hopeful- 
ness, vivacity.  The  vivid  pages  of  liis  books  of  travel 
read  like  romances. 

These  six  charming  books  of  travel  and  description  de- 
voted to  Constantinople.  London.  Morocco.  Holland, 
Paris,  and  "Upon  the  C3cean"  form  a  remarkably  interest- 
ing and  instructive  series. 

CostantinopoU  Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.'  1905.  5"  x  7V2". 
pp.  579.    L6.50. 

Ricordi  di  Londra.  (London).  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves. 
1901.    6K-"xlO".    pp.111.    Illustrated.    L  1.50. 

Olanda.  (Holland).  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1909.  5"  x 
7%".   pp.  477.    L  4. 

Morocco.  Milano  :  Fratelli  Treves.  1907.  5"  x  7^/4".  pp.  485. 
L5. 

Parigi.  (Paris).  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1913.  5"  x  7r'<". 
pp.  331.    LI. 

SuU'Oceano.  Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.  1910.  5"  x  7^2".  pp. 
423.     L5. 

Brilliant  sketches  and  stories  of  life  at  sea.  The  tropic 
seas.  Emigrants  embarking  and  at  sea.  The  voyage  to 
South  America. 

GREEN.  J.  R.  Breve  storia  del  popolo  inglese,  dalle  origini 
ai  tempi  nostri.  (Short  History  of  the  English  People). 
Translated  by  Sofia  Santarelli.  Firenze:  G.  Barbera.  1884. 
5"  x  7V2".    pp.  912.    L  6. 

*  MARCO  POLO.     1254-1323.     See  "Books   for  Children."     / 
z'iaggi.     (The  Voyages). 

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*  MONACHESI,  PROF.  G.  Piccola  storia  del  popolo  brasili- 
ano.  Milano :  Antonio  Vallardi.  1913.  4^"  x  7^".  pp.150. 
Illustrated.    L  .60. 

This  little  story  of  the  Brazilian  people,  besides  history 
gives  a  short,  but  very  interesting  account  of  the  geog- 
raphy, ethnography,  products,  industry,  commerce,  and 
public  institutions  of  Brazil.  Italian  immigration  to  Bra- 
zil has  fallen  off  lately,  but  that  country  still  has  a  large 
Italian  population  and  this  little  book  accordingly  de- 
votes two  chapters  to  the  subject,  detailing  something  of 
Italian  progress,  and  not  forgetting  to  give  some  very 
necessary  advice  to  the  immigrant. 

SERAO,  MATILDE.  See  also  "Fiction— Italian."  Nel  paese 
di  Gesu  {Ricordi  di  tin  viaggio  in  Palestina).  Napoli :  Fran- 
cesco Perrella.    1910.    5^"x7H".    pp.366.    L3. 

Brilliant  and  rather  mystical  record  of  a  journey  in  Pal- 
estine by  the  ablest  Italian  woman  prose  writer  of  our  day. 

SOLERIO,  G.  P.  La  rivohizione  francese.  Milano:  Ulrico 
Hoepli.    1914.    4"  x  6".    pp.176.    L2. 

Excellent  little  book,  giving,  within  narrow  limits,  an 
adequate  account  not  only  of  the  events  of  the  French 
Revolution,  but  also  of  its  causes  and  effects. 


26  — 


In  the  United  States 


The  list  of  helpful  and  informing  books  written  in  Italian 
about  the  United  States  and  life  in  America  is  an  exceedingly 
short  and  unsatisfactory  one.  Several  good  books  are  out  of 
print,  and  with  a  few  exceptions  those  that  are  available  are 
either  inadequate  in  one  way  or  another,  or  inaccurate,  or 
wholly  out  of  date.  But  with  our  present  heavy  Italian  immi- 
gration, our  rapidly  developing  commerce  with  Italy,  and  the 
consequent  steady  increase  of  vital  mutual  interests,  the  time 
must  soon  come  when  it  w'ill  be  important  for  Italy  to  have 
adequate  knowledge  of  every  side  of  our  national  life.  And 
better  books  describing  America  should  be  a  consequence  of 
that  need. 

*  ARBIB-COSTA,  ALFONSO.  Lezioni  graduate  di  lingua 
inglese.  New  York:  Italian  Book  Co.  1906.  5^"  x  7H". 
pp.  286.    $1.00. 

Not  a  simple  book  on  learning  English  for  a  man  with 
little  or  no  educational  experience  and  without  a  teacher. 
But  still  almost  certainly  the  best  book  of  the  sort 
whether  for  library  or  school  use.  In  some  libraries  in 
which  it  has  been  placed,  it  has  proved  so  serviceable  that 
it  is  in  constant  use. 

-•f  BOTTA,  CARLO.  See  also  "Italy."  1766-1837.  Storia  della 
guerra  dell'independenza  degli  Stati  Uniti  d' America.  Torino: 
Unione  Tipogratico — Editrice  Torinese.  1859.  4^"  x  7".  3 
vols.  pp.  283,  291,  275.  L4.15  for  the  set. 
This  history  of  the  American  Revolution,  first  published 
over  a  hundred  years  ago,  is  the  most  important  book 
ever  written  about  America  by  an  Italian.  It  is  also 
Botta's  greatest  work — the  result  of  love  and  long  labor. 
His  sincerity  and  nobility,  his  faith  in  justice  and  de- 
mocracy, his  clear  picturing  of  the  purposes  of  our  Re- 
volution made  this  history  an  inspiration  to  the  ardent 
young  men  of  his  day,  who  were  to  make  ready 
Italian  liberty.  And  through  the  years  it  has  been  the 
best  interpretation  of  America  to  his  countrymen.  In 
many  ways  it  is  antiquated;  its  style  is  difficult,  yet  to- 
day it  is  still  being  urged  for  educational  use  in  Italy  on 
account    of   its   powder    "in    forming    the    hearts    and    souls 

—  27  — 


of  youth."  A  recent  reprint  from  the  plates  of  an  old 
edition. 

CARNEGIE,  ANDREW.  Nel  regno  degli  aifari.  (The  Em- 
pire of  Business).  Translated  by  Giulio  De  Rossi.  Firenze : 
G.  Barbera.    1912.    5"x7".    pp.  260.  L  2. 

*  CARR,  JOHN  FOSTER.  Guida  degli  Stati  Uniti  per  I'immu 
grante  italiano.  New  York :  Immigrant  Education  Society. 
1913.  5"  x7%".  pp.  79.  Illustrated,  with  map,  20c.  postpaid. 
Aims  to  give  the  immigrant  the  practical  information  he 
needs  about  life  in  the  United  States.  Separate  chapters 
tell  him  where  to  go  for  work,  how  to  travel,  how  to 
learn  English;  about  the  schools  and  libraries  and  other 
educational  advantages,  about  the  opportunities  of  agri- 
culture, and  the  successes  made  by  Italians  in  farming. 
Other  chapters  tell  of  the  geography  and  climate  of  the 
United  States,  of  the  federal  and  state  governments,  of 
citizenship  and  the  qualifications  for  it.  There  are,  too, 
chapters  on  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  on  health, 
savings  banks,  postal  rates,  our  money,  and  weights  and 
measures,  with  tables  of  information  about  the  States 
and   a  chapter  of  special  advice. 

FERRERO,  GUGLIELMO.  See  also  "Italy."  fra  i  due 
mondi.  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1913.  5"  x  7^".  pp.  430. 
L5. 

The  author  warns  the  reader  that  this  book  is  not  a 
novel,  nor  a  book  of  travel,  nor  a  drama,  nor  a  treatise  of 
philosophy  and  sociology.  But  the  reader  will  find  it 
something  of  all  of  these,  though  the  historian  of  Rome 
has  ably  fulfilled  his  intention  of  writing  a  record  of  his 
trip  to  America  that  would  be  a  comparison  between  the 
old  world  and  the  new.  And  a  brilliant  comparison  he 
has   made  it. 

4c-  GIANI,  RODOLFO.  Storia  degli  Stati  Uniti  d' America.  Mi- 
lano :  Paolo  Carrara.  1902.  5"  x  8".  pp.  285.  L  2. 
On  the  whole,  a  poor  and  inaccurate  history  of  the 
United  States,  based  in  great  part  on  the  work  of 
Romussi,  written  nearly  forty  years  ago.  But  excellent 
in  parts,  and  for  all  its  shortcomings,  the  only  work  of 
the  sort  available  in  Italian. 

MONDAINI.  GENNARO.  Le  origini  degli  Stati  Uniti 
d' America.  Milano  :  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1904.  5"  x  7^".  pp.459. 
L  6.50. 

Deals  in  very  careful  and  scholarly  way  with  the  origins 
of  the  Republic.    Does  not  go  beyond  colonial  days. 

—  28  — 


*  PECORINI,  ALBERTO.  Gli  americam  nella  vita  moderno 
ossen-ati  da  un  italiano.  Milano  :  Fratelli  Treves.  1909.  5"  x 
7V/'.    pp.  448.    L5. 

The  best  modern  book  about  the  United  States  written  by 
an  Italian,  a  treasury  of  accurate  information  about 
American  life.  Not  altogether  a  simple  book,  but  able, 
interesting,  at  times  brilliant,  written  with  an  obvious 
friendly  intention — usually  successful — to  be  fair.  Opens 
with  a  good  chapter  of  history.  Contains  a  very  clear 
analysis  of  our  government  and  politics.  Separate  chap- 
ters are  devoted  to  woman,  leligion.  journalism,  capital 
and  labor,  industry  and  commerce,  the  railroads,  educa- 
tion, the  army  and  navy.  Indians,  negroes,  American 
cities,   art,   literature,   music   and    immigration. 

ROMUSSL  C.     Storja  degli  Stati  Uniti  d' America.     Milano: 
Sonzogno  n.  d.    4^4"  x  6H"-    PP-  63.    L  .20. 
This  little  pamphlet  in  the  "Biblioteca  del  Popolo"  series 
only    carries    the    History    of    the    United    States    to    the 
Philadelphia  Exposition  of  1876. 

ROOSEVELT,  THEODORE.  Vigor  di  vita.  (The  Strenu- 
ous Life).  Translated  bv  Hilda  di  Malgra.  Milano:  Fratelli 
Treves.    1905.    5"  x  llA"".    pp.  305.    L  3. 

*  ROSSI,  ADOLFO.  Uyi  italiano  in  America.  Milano:  Fra- 
telli Treves.    1912.    5"  x  7^".    pp.  325.    L  1. 

The  experiences  of  an  Italian  journalist  travelling  as  an 
immigrant  workman  in  the  U.  S.  1879-1881.  The  first 
and  most  popular  book  of  the  well-known  war  cor- 
respondent and  member  of  the  Royal  Italian  Emigration 
Commission.     He  is  now  Minister  to  Uruguay. 

STRAFFORELLO,  GUSTAVO.    Letteratura  americana.    Mi- 
lano: Ulrico  Hoepli.     1898.     4"  x  6".     pp.  158.     L  1.50. 
Again   a   book,    "excellent   in   parts,"   but   wholly    out   of 
date,  even  in  its  revised  edition. 


—  29 


Italy 

History — Description — War  with  Turkey — 
Nationalism 


With  the  rapid  economic  development  of  Italy  during  the  last 
ten  years,  there  has  been  also  a  marked  growth  of  national 
consciousness  and  of  patriotic  interest  in  all  things  Italian. 
Many  exceedingly  interesting  and  well-written  books,  accurate 
and  yet  filled  with  characteristic  patriotic  fervor,  have  ap- 
peared, covering  almost  every  side  of  national  life.  The  old 
provincial  distinctions  and  jealousies  are  rapidly  passing  away, 
and  among  Italians  themselves  there  is  seen  the  growth  of  a 
deep  interest  in  every  detail  of  the  progress  of  the  nation, 
not  merely  politically  and  industrially,  but  also  ideally, — an 
intense  feeling  that  Italy  has  a  definite  national  mission  in  the 
world;  and  of  this,  particularly  on  the  humanitarian  and 
cultural  sides,  eloquent  testimony  will  be  found  in  many  places 
in  these  pages.  For  this  section  the  usual  alphabetical  arrange- 
ment of  the  list  has  been  almost  wholly  discarded  for  a  group- 

•  ing  of  books  of  related  interest. 

History 

FERRERO,  GUGLIELMO.  Grandesza  e  decadenza  di  Roma, 
(The  Greatness  and  Decline  of  Rome).  Milano:  FratelH 
Treves.  1908-1910.  5"  x  7i^".  5  vols.  pp.  526,  562,  599,  379, 
423.    L  22.  for  the  set. 

The  original  edition  of  Ferrero's  great  work.  Italians 
are  taking  an  increasing  interest  in  the  story  of  ancient 
Rome.  Its  history  and  traditions  they  are  coming  to  feel 
are  a  part  of  their  own — an  inspiration  of  definite  politi- 
cal importance  these  last  years  since  the  beginning  of  the 
war  with  Turke}'. 

#  GALANTI— ZIPPEL— RAULICH. 

del  medio  evo.     476-1313. 

moderna  d' Euro  pa  e  specialmente  d' Italia. 

1313-1748. 
contemporanea    d'Europa     e    specialmente 
d'ltaUa.     1750  ai  nostri  giorni. 
Torino :  G.  B.  Paravia  e  C.     1909-1910.     5i/^"x8^".     3  vols, 
pp.  472,  357,  433.    L  11.  for  the  set. 
These    three    volumes    grouped    together    give    in    consider- 

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Manual e  di  storia 


able  detail  the  history  of  Europe,  and  especially  of  Italv 
from  476  A.D.  to  the  death  of  King  Humbert  in  1900. 
Each  volume  has  been  prepared  by  a  specialist.  All  three 
are  clearly  written  with  admirable  perspective.  Maps  ac- 
company each  volume.  Written  for  the  use  of  secondary 
schools. 

^'  ORSI.  PIETRO.  See  also  "Books  for  Children."  Jreve 
storia  d'ltalia.  Milano:  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1911.  4"  x  6".  pp. 
285.    L2.50. 

A  brief  history  of  Italy  from  prehistoric  times  to  the 
earthquake  of  1908. 

Italia  modema.  Milano :  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1914.  5"  x  TYz". 
pp.  535.     Illustrated,  with  three  maps.     L  7.50. 

The  history  of  Italy  from  1750  to  the  close  of  1913.  The 
best  and  the  most  popular  book  of  the  sort  available. 

*  BOTTA.  CARLO.  1766-1837.  Narrazioni  di  storia  patria. 
Edited  bv  Prof.  G.  Finzi.  Roma :  Albrighi,  Segati  e  C.  1897. 
5"x7H".    pp.  249.    L1.75. 

Contains  20  selections  of  the  most  famous  passages  of 
this  famous  historian,  covering  the  story  of  Italy  from 
the  days  of  Alexander  de'Medici  to  the  coronation  of 
Napoleon. 

*  BERTOLINI.  L.     Storia  del  risorgimeufo  italiano.     Milano: 
Ulrico  Hoepli.    1905.    4"x6".    pp.208.    L  1.50 
Admirable  short  account — perhaps  the  best  within  so  few 
pages — of  the  whole   struggle  that  ended  in  the  creation 
of  modern  Italy— 1814-1870. 

^  LA  VITA  ITALIAXA  NEL  RISORGIMENTO.^^  1815-1861. 
Firenze:  R.  Bemporad  e  Figlio.  1911.  4)4"  x  7".  12  vols. 
About  pp.  175  each.    LI.  each. 

This  little  series  covers  in  a  very  popular  way  the  en- 
tire story  of  the  struggle  for  the  union  of  Italy,  in  the 
several  points  or  history,  letters,  arts  and  sciences.  It  has 
been  carefully  prepared  by  the  co-operation  of  some  of 
the  ablest  living  writers   of  Italy. 

CARDUCCL  GlOSUfi.  See  also  "Literature  and  Education" 
and  ''Poetrv."  1836-1907.  Letture  del  risorgimento  italiano. 
1749-1870  Bologna:  Xicola  Zanichelli.  1912.  5"  x  7i/<".  pp. 
534.     L3. 

Remarkable  selection  of  interesting  readings  from  orig- 
inal sources,  showing  the  history  and  development  of 
the  ideas  and  of  the  literature  of  the  Risorgimento — the 
ri?e.  development  and  union  of  modern  Italy. 

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*  CAVALLOTTI,  FELICE.  See  also  "Drama."  1842-1898. 
Martirologio  italiano.  Milano :  Sonzogno.  1898.  4j/2"x6j4'. 
pp.  106.    L.30. 

Cavallotti,  killed  in  a  duel  in  1898,  was  a  strange  combina- 
tion of  idealist  and  rebel  He  wrote  many  beautiful 
poems  filled  with  patriotic  ardor.  This  selected  volume 
is  of  prose  and  is  devoted  to  a  few  of  the  early  martyrs 
of  the  great  struggle  for  the  independence  and  union  of 
Italy. 

^  ERRERA  (R)  and  TRENTO  (I).  Italia.  Milano:  Giacomo 
Agnelli.  1912.  5^"  x  8".  pp.  562.  L3. 
A  patriotic  reader  carrying  the  motto:  "To  increase  love 
through  knowledge."  It  might  carry  the  sub-title  "Italy 
in  Song  and  Story,"  for  it  tells  of  Italy's  wonders  and 
beauties,  as  described  in  famous  passages  of  literature — 
the  heroic  things  of  the  present  as  well  as  the  past — the 
homely  and  lovely  things,  and  not  forgotten,  an  appeal- 
ing note  of  human  brotherhood.  Side  by  side  with  the 
great  authors  of  the  past  are  the  most  brilliant  writers 
of  to-day.    A  model  of  a  patriotic  reader. 

GOTTI,    AURELIO.      Quadri   e    ritratti.     Roma:    Albrighi. 
Segati  e  C.    1910.    5H"x8".    pp.378.    L2.50. 
An  exceedingly  readable  story  of  the  creation  of  modern 
Italy,    told   chiefly   in   vivid    sketches    of   the    lives    of   its 
great  men, 

DE  GUBERNATIS,  ANGELO.  1840-1913.  L'ltalia.  Roma: 
Albrighi,  Segati  e  C.  1911.  5H"x8".  pp.337.  L2. 
A  clear  and  simply  written  book  about  Italy  by  a  well- 
known  historian  and  educator.  The  first  part  of  the  book 
is  devoted  to  an  account  of  the  physical  characteristics 
of  Italy  and  local  history  of  cities  and  provinces.  About 
a  hundred  pages  are  given  to  the  history  of  Italy,  from 
the  founding  of  Rome  to  the  death  of  Victor  Emanuel 
and  a  hundred  pages  are  given  to  sketches  of  the  lives 
of  great  Italians. 

VALLARDI,  ANTONIO.  Mesco  secolo  di  vita  italiana.  Mi- 
lano:  Antonio  Vallardi.  1911.  12"xl5".  pp.215.  L5. 
Twenty-six  popular,  well  informed  articles,  by  specially  quali- 
fied writers,  abundantly  illustrated  and  covering  every  phase 
of  the  development  of  Italy  during  the  last  fifty  years :  Poli- 
tics, army,  navy,  industry,  art,  science,  literature,  journalism, 
religion,  schools,  finance. 

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SANTORO.  CAV.  AW.  MICHELE.  L'ltalia  nei  suoi  pro- 
f^ressi  economici  dal  1860  al  1910.  Roma  :  Tipografia  Popolare. 
1911.    7"xlO".    pp.  527.    LIO. 

A  careful  account  of  the  economic  progress  of  Italy 
made  during  a  half  century — in  considerable  part  a  de- 
tailed statistical  study.  Extremely  interesting  is  the  com- 
parison between  economic  conditions  in  the  old  Italy 
and  the  new. 

MOSSO,  ANGELO.  See  also  "Art  and  the  Sciences."  1846- 
1910.  Vita  moderna  degli  Ualiani.  Milano :  Fratelli  Treves. 
1906.    5"x7H".    pp.  430.    L4. 

A  series  of  sympathetic  studies  by  a  distinguished  scien- 
tist, dealing  chiefly  with  emigration,  and  the  economic 
and  social  problems  affecting  the  peasantry  and  working 
people  of  Italy.  A  clear  headed  and  charming  book  with 
a  purpose:  that  the  reader  may  know  more  accurately 
something  of  these  problems  that  so  vitally  affect  Italian 
national  life,  and  that  he  may  learn  "to  love  the  poor." 

NITTI,  FRANCESCO  S.  L'ltaUa  aU'alba  del  secolo  XX. 
Torino :  Societa  Tipografico-Editrice  Nazionale.  1901.  5^" 
x9".     pp.  215.     L2.50. 

"Italy  at  the  Dawn  of  the  Twentieth  Century."  A  collection 
of  addresses  to  the  young  men  of  Italy  by  one  of  the  ablest 
economists  and  constructive  Italian  statesmen  of  our  time. 
Together  they  form  a  clear  and  purposeful  statement  of  nation- 
al resources,  of  national  problems  of  population,  political  di- 
visions and  industry,  and  they  have  made  a  profound  impres- 
sion in  Italy,  inspiring  for  the  practical  progress  of  the  nation. 
Signor  Nitti  was  Minister  of  Agriculture,  Industry  and  Com- 
merce during  the  last  Ministry.  His  chief  interests  for  many 
years  have  been  the  industrial  development  of  his  country — 
particularly  southern  Italy — the  development  of  its  water 
power,  and  emigration  and  education. 

♦  NOVIKOW,  GIACOMO.  La  missione  dell'Italia.  Milano: 
Fratelli  Treves.  1903.  5"  x  7^/^ .  pp.339.  L3. 
This  book  by  the  great  Russian  pacifist  is  celebrated  in 
Italy.  Written  at  a  time  of  almost  national  pessimism, 
it  furnished  a  scientific  and  practical  analysis  of  econom- 
ic, political  and  intellectual  conditions,  and  became  a 
true  prophecy  of  the  rapid  advance  of  Italy  during  these 
last  years.  It  showed  Italy's  capacity  for  leadership 
among  Latins,  based  on  the  remarkable  Italian  progress 
in  the  Argentine,  and  it  held  that  the  union  of  Italy,  not 
based  on  the  subjugation  of  any  part  of  the  nation,  is  the 
type  that  can  best  be  followed  in  a  peaceful  federation 
of  Europe. 

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Description 

^'-  ABBA,  GIUSEPPE  CESARE.     See  also  "Books  for  Child- 
ren." 
Le  Alpi  nostre  e 

il  Veneto  montano. 

il  Monferrato. 

il  Piemonte. 

la  Lomhardia  montana  tra  la  Sesia  e  I' Adda. 

la  Lomhardia  montana,   Adda-Mincio. 
Bergamo:  Istituto  Italiano  d'Arti  Grafiche.     1901.    5"  x  7^". 
5  vols.    pp.  176,172,  178,  170,  176.    Well  illustrated,  with  maps. 
L.60  each. 

The  Italian  Alps,  in  their  different  divisions.  First 
part  general  and  same  in  all  books.  Second  devoted 
to  the  section  named  in  title.  School  books  that  make 
excellent  reading.  Topics,  simply  and  very  interestingly 
treated,  are :  geology,  glaciers,  crevasses,  mountains,  val- 
leys, rivers,  lakes,  clouds,  fauna,  flora,  tunnels,  agriculture, 
hospices,  famous  passes,  peoples,  dialects  and  languages, 
history,  cities,  towns,  traditions,  famous  men,  art,  poetry. 

BACCELLI,  ALFREDO.  Vette  e  ghiacci.  Roma:  Albrighi, 
.Segati  e  C.  1901.  5"x7^".  pp.  216.  Illustrated  L  2.50. 
Italy  is  so  largely  divided  between  mountain  and  shore, 
Italians  are  always  interested  in  mountains.  This  title 
might  be  translated  "mountain  summits  and  fields  of  ice." 
It  IS  almost  entirely  devoted  to  the  Italian  Alps,  a 
healthy,  enthusiastic  outdoor  book,  filled  with  beauty  of 
thought — not  without  humor. 

REY,  G.    Alpinismo  acrobatico.    Torino:  S.  Lattes  e  C.    1914. 
'6"x9".    pp.313.    L6. 

A.  thrilling  book  of  mountain  climbing,  beautifully  illus- 
trated. 

*  VF.CCHI,  A.  V.    See  also  "Books  for  Children." 

LItalia  marinara  e  il  lido  della  patria.  ' 

Liguria  e  Toscana.  ' 

Calabria,  lonica,  Puglie  e  Marche.  * 

Cilento,  Calabria,  Tirrena  e  Sicilia. 

Lazio,  Campania  e  Sardegna. 

Romagna  e  Veneto. 
Bergamo :  Istituto  Italiano  d'Arti  Grafiche.     1901.     5"  x  7^". 
5  vols. 
pp.   147,  151,  155,  152,  150,  well  illustrated.     L.60  each. 

Italy  and  the  Sea.     School  books  of  splendid  interest,  ex- 
ceedingly    simple     and     readable.      All   Italians    are    inter- 

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ested  in  the  sea  as  in  the  mountains.  The  fir-t  part  of 
each  volume  is  the  same  and  is  given  to  the  general  topics 
indicated  by  the  series.  The  second  and  third  parts  deal 
with  the  particular  section  of  the  Italian  sea  coast  sug- 
gested by  the  title.  Each  book  has  a  clear  map.  Topics 
are  of  a  great  variety  of  interest:  The  geography,  his- 
tory and  antiquities  of  the  Italian  coast,  its  towns  and 
cities,  industries  and  commerce,  fisheries;  the  nav}-  and 
merchant  marine;  salt  makirig,  coral,  light  houses  and  life 
saving,  legends  and  descriptions,  emigration ;  the  physical, 
moral  and  economic  influence  of  the  sea. 

*  STOPPANI,  ANTONIO.  1824-1891.  II  bel  paese.  Milano: 
L.  F.  Cogliati.    1908.    5"  x  7".    pp.  663.    L  2. 

Stoppani  was  geologist,  philosopher,  priest.  A  famed  and 
instructive  book.  Talks  upon  the  natural  beauties,  the 
geolog}-  and  physical  geography  of  Italy.  Very  popular 
among  young  people.    This  is  the  75th  "economic  edition." 

*  CITTA  (LE)  DTTALIA  ILLUSTRATE.  (The  Cities  of 
Italy  Illustrated).  Milano:  Sonzogno.  1908-1914.  8"xll". 
4  vols.  pp.  96  to  104  each.  L  1.25  each.  Already  published : 
Roma,  Milano,  Venezia  and  Torino. 

Give  in  brief  and  popular  form  the  history  of  the  great 
cities  of  Italy,  including  admirable  descriptions  of  im- 
portant monuments,  good  accounts  for  each  cit>'  of  its 
industry  and  commerce,  education,  charities,  public  serv- 
ice activities,  population,  traveller's  guide.  Profusely  and 
carefully  illustrated. 

*  MOSCHINO,  ETTORE.  La  bella  Napoli  Milano :  Fratelli 
Treves.     1911.     Folio.    L3.50. 

A  supplement  to  "LTllustrazio;ie"  devoted  to  a  descrip- 
tion of  Naples — the  old  city  and  the  new.  its  monuments 
and  life,  beautifully  illustrated. 

CHIESI,  GUSTAVO.  La  Sicilia  illustrata  nella  storia, 
neJl'arte,  nei  paesi.  Milano  :  Sonzogno.  1892.  8H"  x  12".  pp. 
720.    L9. 

A  large  and  profusely  illustrated  book,  still  very  satis- 
factory in  spite  of  the  date  of  its  publication. 

SAN  GIULIANO.  ANTONIO  DI.  Condizioni  presenti  della 
Sicilia.  Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.  1896.  5"  x  7^".  pp.  225. 
LI. 

Written  nearly  twenty  years  ago  by  the  Marquis  di  San 
Giuliano,  the  brilliant  Minister  of  Foreign  Affairs  of 
Italy's  new  cabinet.  This  book  has  maintained  its  im- 
portance not  merely  for  historical   reasons,   but  because 

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in  spite  of  the  progress  and  changes  of  recent  years,  in 
its  most  significant  parts  it^  still  remains  the  best  study 
of  many  economic  and  social  conditions  that  seem  per- 
manent in  Sicilian  life. 

PITRfi,  GIOVANNI.  Usi  popolari.  Catania:  Cav.  N.  Gian- 
notta.     1912.     5"  x  7^".    pp.  250.    L 1. 

Very  popular  in  Sicily.  Deals  with  Sicilian  folk  lore  and 
customs.  Very  well  known,  not  only  in  Sicily,  but  also 
in  Germany. 

MARTINI.  FERDINANDO.  See  also  "Drama."  NeWAffrica 
italiana.  Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.  1895.  5"  x  7^".  pp.  357, 
L2. 

Succinct  and  interesting  record  of  things  seen  in  Eritrea, 
Italy's  first  African  colony,  on  the  Red  Sea.  It  includes 
not  only  description  of  places  and  peoples — their  cliar- 
acter  and  customs — but  a  very  careful  study  of  the  eco- 
nomic possibilities  of  the  country.  Martini  was  Gover- 
nor-General of  Eritrea  for  many  years. 

War  With  Turkey — Nationalism 

BEVIONE,  GIUSEPPE.  Come  siamo  andati  a  Tripoli.  Tor- 
ino:  Fratelli  Bocca.     1912.     5"  x  7^".     pp.  425.     L5. 

Collection  of  letters  and  dispatches  to  "La  Stampa" 
of  Turin,  written  from  Tripoli  in  the  spring  and  autumn 
of  1911  (2  Apl.  to  4  Nov.)  Complete  story  of  the  con- 
quest by  an  eye  witness. 

CORRADINI,  ENRICO.  Ablest  and  best  known  writer 
of  Nationalism — in  Italy  these  last  years  a  movement  of 
reaction  against  socialism  and  internationalist  anti-patri- 
otic ideals.  He  has  been  its  precursor  and  apostle,  calling 
for  a  greater  faith  in  Italy  and  a  more  virile  political 
policy. 

La  conquista  di  Tripoli.    5"  x  7^".    pp.  233.    L3.50. 

Sopra  le  vie  del  nuovo  impero.    5"  x  7^".     pp.  242.     L3.50'. 

Milano  :  Fratelli  Treves.     1912. 

The  first  volume  describes  the  capture  of  the  city  of  Tri- 
poli in  a  series  of  letters  that  were  written  on  the  scene 
at  the  time— 6th  October  to  12th  December,  1911.  The 
second  with  the  capture  of  the  islands  of  the  Aegean  Sea 
and  the  problems  created  by  the  result  of  the  African 
war,  their  moral  value  and   effect  on  national  character. 

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Both  books  are  remarkable  for  their  brilHant,  vigorous, 
picturesque  and  eloquent  writing. 

La  patria  lontana.  See  "Fiction — Italian."  Milano :  FrateUi 
Treves.     1910.     5"  x  z^^".     pp.258.     L3.50. 

The  most  popular  of  nationalist  novels,  inspired  by  lofty 
patriotism. 

SIGHELE,  SCIPIO.  Pagine  nazionaliste.  5"  x  7^".  pp.244 
L  3.50. 

//  nacionalismo  e  i  partiti  politici.  5"  x  7H"-  PP-  259.  L3.50 
Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.    1910  &  1911. 

Books  of  Nationalist  faith  and  propaganda,  by  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  first  Nationalist  Congress.  Give  the  history 
of  the  movement  and  the  development  of  Nationalist 
ideas  vi^ith  their  application  to  the  foreign  and  domestic 
politics  of  Italy. 


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Books  of  Literature  and  Education 


-^  DE  AMICIS,  EDMONDO.  1846-1908.  L'Idioma  gentile. 
Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.  1910.  5"  x  7K".  pp.440.  LS.SO. 
A  simple,  readable,  witty,  and  to  Italians  and  some 
others,  an  inspiring  book  of  language.  It  drew  from 
a  Minister  of  Public  Instruction  a  special  letter  to  the 
heads  of  the  secondary  schools  of  Italy  advising  its  dili- 
gent use.  A  book  of  patriotism,  well  loved  for  the  love 
there  is  in  it  of  native  land  and  language.  One  of  De 
Amicis'  later  books,  but  many  times  reprinted. 

^  FERRARI,  VITTORIO.  Letteratura  italiana,  moderna  e  con- 
temporanea.  1748-1911.  Milano:  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1911.  4^" 
x6".    pp.  340.    L3. 

A  convenient  little  manual  of  modern  Italian  literature. 
By  far  the  best  of  its  kind. 

'"'  PIZZI,   ITALO.     Storia  della  letteratura  italiana.     Torino: 
Hans  Rinck.    1912.    5H"x8".    pp.413.    L3. 
One  of  the  best  brief  accounts  of  Italian  literature  from 
its  beginnings  to  the  date  of  publication. 

CARACCIOLO,  FRANCESCO.  Antologia  italiana  di  prosa 
e  poesia.  Torino :  G.  B.  Paravia  e  C.  1902.  5"  x  8".  pp.  389. 
L3. 

An  exceedingly  interesting  and  useful  anthology  of  Ital- 
ian prose  and  verse,  arranged  in  strictly  chronological 
order.     Has  a  very  attractive  popular  character. 

MESTICA,  ENRICO.  Antologia  letteraria.  Torino:  G.  B. 
Paravia  e  C  1905.  5"  x  8".  pp.  672.  L  3. 
An  anthology  of  prose  and  verse,  very  useful  as  a  com- 
panion volume  to  the  preceding  book  of  Caracciolo's. 
The  selections  of  famous  passages  of  the  most  diverse 
sorts  are  here  arranged  entirely  according  to  literary 
classifications. 

*  MORANDI,  LUIGI.  Letture  educative.  Citta  di  Castello: 
S.  Lapi.    1912.    5"x7i^".    pp.350.    L2. 

Prose  e  poesie  italiane.  Citta  di  Castello:  S.  Lapi.  1912. 
5"x7H".    pp.  828.    L3.50. 

Two  famous  school  readers.  When  they  first  appeared, 
the   objection    was    made    that    they    were    so    interesting 

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that  the  children  would  read  them  out  of  school,  and  so 
find  nothing  of  fresh  interest  in  them  in  the  class  room. 
"I  hope  so,"  said  the  author,  "and  I  hope  that  their 
fathers  and  mothers  will  read  them,  too."  And  so  it 
proved.  "Teaching  good  and  useful  things"  as  well  as 
reading,  the  first  of  these  books  consists  of  selections 
from  the  best  of  the  world's  literature,  Franklin,  Cervan- 
tes, Sterne,  Heine,  with  the  greatest  Italian  authors  of  all 
time,  and  journalists  of  today.  The  second  is  an  anthol- 
ogy that  mirrors  the  life  of  modern  Italy.  Both  have  a 
wealth  of  lively  anecdotes;  they  contain  a  large  amount 
of  practical  information  about  history,  geography,  social 
and  political  life,  hygiene,  agriculture,  industry  and  litera- 
ture. With  a  very  inspiring  note  of  hero-worship  and 
patriotism,  their  importance  from  the  humanitarian  side 
brought  them  special  approval  from  the  Peace  Congress 
of    Berne. 

CARDUCCI,  GlOSUfi,  &  BRILLI,  UGO.  Letture  italiane. 
Bologna  :  Nicola  Zanichelli.  1898.  4M"  x  7J^".  pp.  759.  L  3. 
An  anthology  of  prose  and  verse  of  very  unusual  selec- 
tions from  the  great  masters  of  Italian  style,  chosen  by 
the  poet  and  critic  with  his  characteristic  enthusiasm  and 
broad  knowledge,  in  order  "to  accustom  young  pegple  to 
the  reading,  to  the  understanding  and  to  the  love  of  the 
great  writers,  who  are  classics  because  they  were  first  of 
all  Italians." 

CARDUCCI,  GlOSUfi.  1836-1907.  Prose.  Bologna:  Nicola 
Zanichelli.  1911.  5^"  x  7^"-  India  paper,  pp.1486.  Bound. 
LIO. 

Comprehensive  collection  of  his  prose  writings — those  the 
author  himself  judged  significant  "in  literary  or  political 
history."^  In  prose  Carducci  is  considered  the  ablest  liter- 
ary critic  of  modern  Italy — ^polished,  nervous,  clear — as 
in  his  poetry,  classic  in  form,  master  of  language.  Pow- 
erful controversialist,  using  always  irony  and  humor. 

CARLYLE,  THOMAS.  Gli  eroi.  (Heroes  and  Hero 
Worship).  Translated  by  Maria  Pezze  Pascolato,  Firenze:  G. 
Barbera.     1912.     5"  x  7".    pp.327.    L2.50. 

D'ANNUNZIO,  GABRIELE.  See  also  "Poetry."  Prose 
scelte.  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1909.  5"x7H".  PP-  399. 
L4. 

Some  50  pages  consist  of  selections  from  essays  and  ad- 
dresses. The  remainder  of  the  volume  is  given  to  selec- 
tions  from   his   novels.      Characteristic   and   popular  pas- 

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sages   showing   every   side   of   this   remarkable   stylist   at 
his   best,   including  admirable  examples  of  his  great  de 
scriptive  power. 

*  DE  AMICIS,  EDMONDO.     1846-1908.    Letture  scelte.    Mi- 
lano:  Fratelli  Treves.     1911.    5"  x  7]^".    pp.340.    L2. 

Selection  of  his  most  popular  prose — widely  read  stories 
and  description. 

Ricordi  d'infanzia  e  di  scuola.  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1910. 
5"x7j^".    pp.444.    L4. 

Chiefly  recollections  and  stories  of  childhood  and  youth. 
Contains  a  number  of  his  famous  short  stories. 

I'ra  scuola  e  casa.  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1912.  S"  yLlYi". 
pp.  437.    L4. 

Like  "Ricordi  d'infanzia,"  a  book  of  sketches  and  stories. 

La  carrozza  di  tutti.  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1911.  5"x7^''. 
pp.476.    L4. 

"Not  exactly  a  novel — a  series  of  pictures,  of  observa- 
tions, of  studies  of  modern  life  and  all  the  questions  of 
the  day,  but  pleasant  enough  to  include  stories  of  Ana- 
tole  France  and  tales  of  Mark  Twain." 

ESOPO.  Favole.  (Fables).  Milano:  Sonzogno.  1910.  4H" 
x6H".    pp.    95.    L.30. 

FIORETTI  DI  SAN  FRANCESCO  E  IL  CANTICO  DEL 
SOLE.  Milano:  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1907.  5"  x  7^".  pp.  335. 
L1.50. 

"The  Little  Flowers  of  St.  Francis,"  a  collection  of  popu- 
lar and  monastic  legends,  very  simply  and  devoutly 
describing  the  life  of  peace  and  love  and  compassion  to- 
ward all  God's  creatures,  lived  by  the  great  saint  of  the 
middle   ages. 

GL\COSA.  GIUSEPPE.  See  also  "Drama."  Conferenze  e 
discorsi.  Milano:  L.  F.  Cogliati.  1909.  5"  x  7^".  pp.  291. 
L3.25. 

A  book  of  lectures  and  addresses  by  the  brilliant  Pied- 
montese  dramatist. 

KIDD,  BENJAMIN.  '  L'evoluzione  sociale.  Firenze:  G. 
Barbera.     1904.    5"  x  7".    pp.  320.    L  3. 

A  complete  translation  of  Kidd's  most  important  book, 
which  is  still  much  read  in  Europe. 

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LEOPARDL  GIACOMO.  See  also  "Poetry."  1798-1837.  Le 
prose  viorali.  Edited  by  lldebrando  della  Giovanna.  Firenze  : 
G.  C.  Sansoni.  1912.  5^"x7^".  pp.  409.  L2.50. 
Leopardi  was  great  as  a  prose  writer  as  well  as  a  poet. 
This  volume  includes  his  best  dialogues  and  the 
"Thoughts."  Here,  as  always,  he  is  "the  great  solitary  of 
pessimism."  His  writing,  particularly  in  the  '"Thoughts", 
is  clear,  incisive,  effective,  often  profound.  He  covers  a 
wide  range  of  subjects  in  a  vigorous,  and  frequently 
stimulating  way. 

LESSONA.  MICHELE.  1823-1894.  Volere  e  potere.  Fi- 
renze:  G.  Barbera.  1910.  5"x7^".  pp.496.  L3. 
""Will  is  power"  is  a  well  known  book  of  high  educa- 
tional value,  written  for  young  men.  Lessona  was  promi- 
nent as  a  scientist,  was  the  translator  of  Darwin,  and,  as 
Carducci  said,  "learned  in  many  arts."  He  had  broad 
and  generous  and  noble  views  of  life, — ideals  that  he 
made  most  effective  in  this  best  of  all  his  books,  whose 
lively  pages  never  seem  to  lose  their  inspiration  for  the 
young  men  of  Italy. 

MACHIAVELLI,  XICCOLO.  //  principe  ed  altri  scrittx 
politici.  Edited  bv  Francesco  Costero.  Milano :  Sonzogno 
1905.    5"  X  7K'".    pp.  336.    L  1.50. 

This  excellent  little  edition  contains  not  only  "The 
Prince" — always  interesting  and  always  eagerly  dis- 
cussed— but  the  important  Dialogue  of  the  Art  of  War, 
and  other  significant  selections  from  his  political  writ- 
ings. Machiavelli  stands  high  among  the  Italian  classi- 
cal writers.  His  knowledge  of  the  science  of  government 
was  unrivalled.  Keenly  and  profoundly  he  knew  human 
nature.  Because  of  his  clearness,  brevity,  precision,  lim- 
pid reasoning,  he  is  still  used  as  a  model  in  the  schools. 
And  Machiavelli  also  has  a  popular  quality  of  high  pa- 
triotic appeal. 

:^IAETERLINCK,  MAURIZIO.  La  saggezza  e  il  destino. 
Translated  bv  Enrico  Malvani.  Torino :  Fratelli  Bocca.  1910. 
5"  x  8".    pp.  302.    L  3.50. 

The  translation  of  one  of  the  most  popular  of  Maeter- 
linck's books  of  essays :    "Wisdom  and  Destiny." 

MAZZINI,     GIUSEPPE.  _    1805-1872.       Doveri     dell'uomo. 
Roma:    Commissione    Editrice    degli    Scritti    di    Giuseppe 
Mazzini.  via  Torino,  122.     1905.    4M"  x  7".    pp.  96.    L  .15. 
Selected    by    the    Italian    Government    to    be    widely    used 
in   the   public   scTiools   of   Itah^  a?   best   representing   the 

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thought  of  Mazzini,  the  great  "world  apostle  of  liberty," 
bearing  on  the  formation  of  character  in  the  young.  On 
broad  and  religious  lines. 

SETTEMBRINI,  LUIGI.  1812-1876.  Pagine  scelte.  Selected 
by  Francesco  Torraca.  Roma:  Albrighi,  Segati  e  C.  1913. 
5"x73^".    pp.  175.    L1.80. 

Admirable  example  of  books  of  selections  used  in  the 
schools  of  Italy.  This  from  the  works  of  a  great  patriot 
and  literary  character  of  the  Risorgimento  is  made  up  of 
descriptions,  stories,  letters,  historical  sketches,  recollec- 
tions, in  a  style  that  is  simple,  clear,  rapid,  colloquial.. 

SPENCER,  HERBERT.  Educazione  intellettuale,  morale  e 
fisica.  Translated  by  Sofia  Fortini-Santarelli.  Firenze :  G. 
Barbera.     1910.    5"  x  7^".    pp.  220.    L  1.30. 

TEDESCO,  PROF.  LUIGI.  //  mare:  Antologia  di  prose  e 
poesie.  2  vols.  (I  &  III).  Savona:  D.  Bertolotto  e  C.  1896. 
5^"x8".  pp.  546,  432.  L  2.25  and  L  2.  respectively. 
Written  for  the  young  men  of  Italy:  Attractive  to  people 
like  the  Italians,  that  in  many  provinces  are  almost 
wholly  men  of  the  sea.  It  seems  as  if  he  had  searched 
put  everything  about  the  sea  in  all  modern  literature  that 
is  beautiful  either  in  form  or  thought;  for  this  anthology 
includes  not  merely  descriptions  and  stories,  heroic 
deeds,  strange  sights,  but  biographies  of  great  sailors  and 
marine  inventors,  thoughts  and  proverbs  of  the  sea,  fa- 
mous voyages.  For  those  who  love  "the  traditions  of  the  sea, 
that  inspire  a  holy  and  lofty  ideal  for  the  new  destinies  that 
the  sea  reserves  for  our  Italy." 


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FICTION 

Italian 


The  novels  given  in  the  following  list  include  a  selection  of 
the  famous  books  of  Italian  fiction — among  them  famous 
patriotic"  books  that  are  always  read  and  always  popular.  To 
these  have  been  added  a  certain  number  of  the  simplest  and 
most  popular  works  of  more  recent  fiction. 

*BARRILI,  ANTON  GIULIO.    1836-1908. 
Versatile    and    popular   writer    of    many    novels — pleasant 
and    simple    love    stories,    attractively    written.      Widely 
read,    and,    in    Italy,    especially    recommended    to    young 
ladies. 

L'olmo  e  I'edera.  Milano  :  Fratelli  Treves.  1910.  5"  x  714". 
pp.  328.    L  1. 

Cuor  di  ferro  e  cuor  d'oro.    Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.    1910.    2 
vols.    5"  X  7^".    pp.  286,  274.    L  1.  each. 
One  of  the  most  widely  read  of  Barrili's  novels. 

CAXT0,  CESARE.  1805-1895.  Margherita  Piisterla. 
Firenze:  A.  Salani.  1908.  5"  x  7H".  pp.393.  LI. 
A  famous  historical  novel  of  the  days  of  the  Viscontrs, 
written  by  the  historian,  Cantu,  in  prison.  Exciting  tale 
of  conspiracies  and  misfortunes,  but  full  of  lofty  and  no- 
ble sentiments.     Almost  a  classic, 

CAPUANA,  LUIGI.  See  "Books  for  Children."  Passa 
I'amore.  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1913.  5"  x  7^".  pp.  343. 
L3.50. 

Thirteen  delightful  short  stories.  Capuana  has  been 
called  the  de  Maupassant  of  Italy.  By  many  he  is  con- 
sidered the  best  short  story  writer  of  Italy.  He  is  a 
Sicilian,  but  his  stories  are  popular  with  all  Italians. 

CARCANO,  GIULIO.  1812-1884.  An giola  Maria.  Milano: 
Cesare  Cioffi.  n.  d.  5"x7^".  pp.  319.  L4. 
Very  popular  historical  novel  of  the  old  fashioned  senti- 
mental sort.  There  is  something  of  Scott  in  it,  something 
of  Manzoni,  of  whom  Carcano  was  the  friend,  and  de- 
voted follower. 

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*  CASTELNU'OVO,  ENRICO.  Very  popular  writer  of 
many  novels,  which  are  simple  and  easy  in  form,  with 
well  drawn  characters  taken  from  daily  life.  For  the 
purity  of  his  work,  Castelnuovo  is  compared  to  Barrili, 
and  he  is,  as  they  say  in  Italy,  most  "simpatico."  His 
two  most  popular  books,  perhaps,  are: 

Dal  primo  piano  alia  soifita.  Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.  1912. 
5"x7H":    pp.316.    L2. 

Lonorevole  Paolo  Leonforte.  Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.  1913. 
5"x7^".    pp.  352.    L2. 

*'  CORRADINI,  ENRICO. '  La  patria  lontana.  See  "Italy— 
\V[ir  with  Turkey — Nationalism." 

^'  D'AZEGLIO.  MASSIMO.  1798-1866.  Ettore  Fieramosca. 
Firenze :  Successori  Le  Monnier.  1895.  4^"  x  7".  pp.  255. 
Bound  L  1. 

D'Azeglio's  first  novel — a  historical  romance,  written  with 
the  patriotic  purpose,  as  he  said,  "to  put  fire  into  the 
souls  of  Italians."  Instantly  popular,  "it  made  hearts  beat 
with  a  new  love  of  country." 

Niccolo  De'Lapi.  Firenze:  Successori  Le  Monnier.  1909. 
4^"x7".    pp.594.    Bound  L  1.75. 

D'Azeglio's  second  novel,  also  historical  and  patriotic, — 
'"to  stir  to  flames  the  fires  of  patriotism." 

*  DE  AMICIS,  EDMONDO.  1846-1908.  La  vita  militare. 
Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1910.  5"  x  7^".  pp.  453.  LI. 
Better  paper  L4. 

Stories  and  sketches  of  military  life — in  large  part  recol- 
lections of  his  service  as  officer  in  the  army.  With 
''Cuore"  (See  "Books  for  Children")  most  famous  of  all  his 
books.     Contains  pages  widely  known  and  loved. 

DELEDDA,  GRAZIA.  Anime  oneste.  Milano:  Fratelli 
Treves.  1910.  3K"x5H".  pp.  273.  L3. 
The  first  novel  of  this  talented  Sardinian  authoress,  writ- 
ten in  the  purest  Tuscan;  dealino:  almost  entirely  with 
the  primitive  people  of  Sardinia,  and  abounding  in  local 
color.  One  writer  says  that  this  has  "all  the  charm  of 
an  unpremeditated  autobiography." 

Cenere.  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1910.  5"  x  75^".  pp.  322. 
L  3.50. 

One  of  the  best  of  her  novels,  and  characteristic  of  the 
many  of  them  that  are  inclined  to  be  sad. 

/  qhiochi  della  vita  (and  other  stories).  Milano:  Fratelli 
Treves.     1911.    5"  x  7^".    pp.321.    L  3.50. 

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#  FARINA,  SALVATORE.  Tesoro  di  donnma. ^Jor'mo:  So- 
cieta  Tipografico — Editrice  Nazionale.  1907.  5"  x  7J/2".  pp. 
380.    L3.50. 

One  of  the  best  known  novels  of  this  popular  writer — 
admired  for  his  simple  and  natural  plots  and  his  pleasant 
and  moving  stories,  not  without  humor.  "Wholesome 
reading"  is  the  comment  of  Ferrari. 

Aviore  hendato.  Milano :  Galli.  1895.  5"  x  7^^".  pp.  207. 
L2.50. 

//  signor  lo.  Torino  :  Societa  Tipografico — Editrice  Nazionale. 
1909.    5"x73^".    pp.  189.    L1.50. 

Pe'heUi  occhi  della  gloria.  Torino :  Societa  Tipografico — Edi- 
trice Nazionale.    1906.    5"x7^".    pp.294.    L3.50. 

4f  FOGAZZARO,  ANTONIO.  1842-1911.  Piccolo  mondo  an- 
tico.  Milano:  Baldini  e  Castoldi.  1911.  5"  x  7^/4".  pp.470. 
L5. 

By  many  considered  the  first  of  recent  Italian  writers 
of  fiction.  An  idealist,  "noble  and  dignified,''  says  Pizzi, 
"even  in  his  comic  passages."  This  and  "Piccolo  mondo 
moderno"  are  his  best  and  most  popular  novels.  Lively 
and  patriotic  stories. 

Piccolo  mondo  moderno.  Milano  :  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1912.  5"  x 
yV2".    pp.461.    L5. 

FUCINI,  RENATO  ("NERI  TANFUCIO").  See  also 
"Poetry."  Le  veglie  di  Neri — Paesi  e  figure  della  campa<:na 
toscana.  Milano:  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1905.  5"  x  7H'^  PP.  239. 
Illustrated.     L2.50. 

Book  of  delightful  short  stories  of  the  Tuscan  country- 
side— filled  with  local  color,  and  the  clear  air  of  the 
hills — witty  and  gay.  A  book  of  good  fellowship,  marked 
above  all  by  Fucini's  happy  way  of  becoming'  democrat- 
ically a  countryman  himself. 

GIOVAGNOLI,  RAFFAELLO.  Spartaco.  Milano:  Paoi- 
Carrara.     1889.    5"  x  7^".    2  vols.    pp.  427,  412.    L  2.50  each. 

Of  the  school  of  Manzoni.  This  is  the  best  of  liis  series 
dealing  with  subjects  of  ancient  Rome. 

*  GROSS!,  TOMMASO.  1791-1853.  Marco  Visconti.Yirtn?.^: 
Successori  Le  Monnier.  1911.  4^"x7".  pp.  415.  Bound. 
L1.75. 

A  slory  of  the  14th  century.  A  sentimental  melancholy  ro- 
mance— the  author  a  close  friend  of  Manzoni.  Always  popular. 

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*  GUERRAZZI,  F.  D.  1804-1873.  Assedio  di  Firenze.  Milano : 
Bietti.  n.  d.    4"  x  6".    2  vols.  pp.  275,  291.    L  1.60  for  the  two. 

The  most  fiery  and  warlike  of  the  many  popular  novelists 
who  powerfully  lielped  the  union  of  Italy.  He  wrote  this 
particular  book,  he  said,  because  he  was  unable  to  fight 
a  battle. 

*  MANZONI,  ALESSANDRO.  See  also  "Poetry."  1785-1873. 
/  promessi  sposi.  Milano:  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1911.  5"  x  7H"« 
pp.  575.    L 1. 

This  simple,  thrilling  love  story  of  peasants  is  the  greatest 
novel  of  Italy.  After  its  publication  in  1825,  when  Man- 
zoni  told  Sir  Walter  Scott  that  he  had  had  his  inspiration 
from  him,, Scott  gracefully  replied:  "In  that  case  I  con- 
sider *I  promessi  sposi'  my  best  work."  And  Goethe  de- 
clared his  belief  that  no  greater  heights  could  be  reached 
in  fiction.  It  was  the  first  readable  novel  printed  in  Italy, 
and  its  humor  and  simplicity  made  wide  appeal.  Its  sim- 
plicity indeed  gave  literature  to  the  common  people,  and 
so  far  created  a  popular  language  for  the  new  Italy,  that 
it  has  been  said  that  no  writer  since  Dante  has  rendered 
greater  services  to  the  Italian  tongue. 

MISASI,    N.     Racconti    calahresi.      Napoli :    Salvatore    Ro- 
mano.   1905.    5"  X  7H".    pp.  200.    L  1.50. 
A   collection   of   stories   of   Calabria,   very  vividly   recalling 
the  days  of  the  brigands. 

*  NIEVO,  IPPOLITO.  1832-1861.  Le  confessioni  d'un  ottua- 
genario.  Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.  1908.  5"  x  7^".  3  vols, 
pp.  314,  303,  339.    L  1.  each. 

This  political  romance  written  by  a  young  soldier  of 
Garibaldi's  is  coming  into  new  popularity  in  Italy. 

NOVELLINO.il.  Roma:  Albrighi,  Segatie  C.  1911.  5"  x 
7K".    pp.  135,  LI. 

A  quaint  book  of  short  medieval  tales,  written  in  the 
thirteenth  century.  For  its  simple  and  interesting  char- 
acter and  beautiful  style  always  widely  read.  Italian 
critics  are  fond  of  calling  it  "a  golden  book." 

*  PALADINI  DI  FRANCIA,  STORIA  DEL  Piacenza:  Pon- 
tremolese.  1910.  5''x7^'',  abridged,  pp.  351.  L3.50. 
Extremely  popular  with  the  common  people.  The  ro- 
mances of  chivalry,  which  form  the  basis  of  most  mari- 
onette plays  in  Italy,  arc  usually  either  taken  from  this 
work,  or  from  the  book  which  follows:    "I  reali  di  Francia." 

—  46  — 


*  REALI,  (I)  DI  FRANXIA  (ANDREA  DI  JACOPO  DA 
BARBERIXO).  Firenze:  A.  Salani.  1908.  5"  x  7^".  pp. 
548.     Illustrated  L3. 

Elaborate   prose   romance   of  chivalry,   of   a  heroic   sort, 

written    in    the    fifteenth    century.      Symonds  says    it    has 

never  ceased  to  be  the  most  widely  popular  of  all  books 
written  in  Italian. 

«  ROVETTA,  GEROLAMO.  See  also  "Drama."  1854-1910. 
Qne  of  the  most  popular  of  Italian  novelists,  both  ideal- 
ist and  realist.  His  novels  are  clever  in  plot,  swiftly  moving, 
filled  with  color  and  gaiety.  The  two  chosen  are  among  his 
best. 

//  processo  Montegu.  Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.  1897.  5"  x 
7H".    pp.  306.  L  1. 

Sotfacqua.  Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.  1883.  5"  x  7j/2".  pp. 
273.    L3.50. 

*  RUFFINI,  GIOVANNI.  1807-1881.  Lorenzo  Benoni.  Mi- 
lano.   Luigi  Trevisini.  n.  d.    5^"x8j/^".    pp.  495.    L3. 

A  political  romance  originally  written  in  English — largely 
autobiographical — which  was  powerful  in  winning  English 
sympathy  for  the  cause  of  Italian  unity.  Ruflfini  was  a 
friend  and  fellow  exile  of  Mazzini,  who  appears  in  the 
book  in  the  character  of  Fantasio. 

Dottor  Antonio.  Firenze:  A.  Salani.  1911.  5"  x  7^".  pp. 
272.    LI. 

Originally  written  in  English  like  "Lorenzo  Benoni,"  with 
which  it  must  be  read.  Records  Ruffini's  story,  the  story 
of  his  brothers,  the  tragedy  of  his  family  and  his  country, 
of  the  group  of  young  liberals  who  surrounded  Mazzini — 
the  picture  of  the  conspiracies  for  liberty  in  Italy  from 
their  beginning  to   1848. 

*  SALGARI,  EMILIO.    1863-1911.    See  "Books  for  Children." 

The  thrilling  books  of  Salgari  are  almost  as  popular 
among  grown-ups,  as  among  boys. 

SERAO,  MATILDE.  See  also  "Travel."  Paese  di  cuccagna. 
Napoli:  Francesco  Perrella.     1910.    5"  x  7^".    pp.  479.     L4. 

Her  best  book.  A  true  and  imaginative  picture  of  Ne- 
apolitan life,  social  classes,  customs.  Fanciful,  vivacious, 
showing  keen  powers  of  observation. 

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VERGA,  GIOVANNI. 

A  powerful  realist,  describes  the  peasant  life  of  Sicily, 
•vith  much  local  color.  He  is  fond  of  depicting  the  som- 
bre and  violent  side  of  Sicilian  life. 

Storia  di  una  capinera.  Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.  1907.  3^" 
x5j^".    pp.250.    L3. 

Cavalleria  rusticaua.  Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.  1912.  5"  x 
7H".    pp.  267.    L3. 

Basis  of  the  well  known  opera  by  Mascagni.  Contains 
several  other  popular  short  stories. 

Mastro  don  Gesualdo.  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1911.  5" 
X  7^".    pp.  333.    L  3.50. 


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Fiction  Translated  Into  Italian  From 
Other  Languages 


Even  our  Italian  immigrants  who  have  little  or  no  educa- 
tion usually  have  a  vague  consciousness  of  the  glories  of 
Italian  literature,  and  you  will  occasionally  find  a  man 
who  is  quite  illiterate,  reciting  some  bit  of  Tasso  or 
Dante.  But  there  are  still  large  numbers  of  them  who 
know  nothing  of  their  own  literature  and  develop  here  a 
habit  of  reading.  Their  children,  ardent  little  Americans 
through  the  power  of  our  public  schools,  often  lead  them 
to  select  books  that  are  translations  of  our  own  class- 
ics,— sometimes  school  classics,  sometimes  very  simple 
children's  books.  In  this  w-ay  "Robinson  Crusoe"  and 
"Ivanhoe"  have  achieved  a  very  marked  popularity  in  a 
number  of  our  libraries.  This  suggests  that  a  helpful  in- 
troduction to  things  American  may  often  be  had  through 
American  novels  and  tales,  many  of  which  have  now  been 
translated  into  Italian.  The  best  of  these  have  been 
chosen,  and  grouped  with  the  best  of  the  world's  fiction. 

BELLAMY,  E.  NeU'amw  2000.  (Looking  Backward).  Mi- 
lano:  Fratelli  Treves.     1910.     5"  x  7K^".     pp.  308.     LI. 

BUNYAN,  JOHN.  //  pellegrhiaggio  del  cristiano.  _  (Pil- 
grim's Progress).  Translated  bv  Stanislao  Bianciardi.  Fi- 
renze:  Tipografia  Claudiana.    1904.    5"  x  7i^".    pp.374.    L1.50. 

^  CERVANTES,  MICHELE— DI  SAAVEDRA.  Don  Chisci- 
otte  della  Mancia.  (Don  Quixote).  Milano  :  Snnzogno.  1911. 
4H"x7".    pp.  395.    L1.50. 

-^  CLEMENS.  S.  L.  (MARK  TWAIN).  See  "Books  for 
Children."  Le  avveniitre  di  Tom  Saivver.  Firenze:  R.  Bem- 
porad  e  Figlio,  1911.  6"x8^".  pp.  133.  Illustrated.  L  .95. 
Racconti  iimoristici.  Translated  bv  Livia  Bruni.  Torino: 
S.  Lattes  e  C.  1906.  5"  x  7^"-  PP.  180.  Illustrated.  L  2.50. 
A  selection  of  w^ell  known  stories  illustrating  the  au- 
thor's  characteristic  humor. 

*  COOPER,  J.  F.  La  spin.  (The  Spv).  Milano:  Cesare  Cioflfi. 
n.  d.    5"x75^".     pp.    319.     L2. 

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*  CRAWFORD,  F.  M.  Saracinesca.  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves. 
1898.  2  vols.  5"x754".  pp.  299,  283.  LI.  each, 
"Saracinesca,"  and  its  sequels,  "Sant'Ilario"  and  "Don 
Orsino,"  have  proved  very  popular  in  Italy,  as  stories 
of  Italian  life.  They  cover  the  period  1865-1887.  One  of 
the  characters  in  the  story  is  Cardinal  Antonelli,  Secre- 
tary of  State  to  Pius  IX. 

Sant'Ilario.    Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.    1910.    2  vols.    5"  x  7^". 

pp.  284,  274.    L  1.  each. 

Don  Orsino.     Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.     1910.     2  vols.     5"  x 

7H".    pp.  294.  324.     LI.  each. 

Corleone.    Milano  :  Fratelli  Treves.    1900.    2  vols.    5"  x  7^". 

pp.  308,  329.    LI.  each. 

"Corleone"  is  enjoying  a  popularity  in  Italy  second  only  to 

the  "Saracinesca"  series. 

DAUDET,  ALPHONSE.  Tartarino  di  Tarascona.  Firenze: 
A.  Salani.     1912.    5"  x  7^".    pp.  230.     L  .75. 

Tartarino  sulle  Alpi.  Firenze:  A.  Salani.  1904.  5"  x  7^". 
pp.  223.    L.75. 

*  DEFOE,  DANIEL.    Robinson  Crusoe.    See  "Books  for  Chil- 
dren."   In  this  version  also  popular  with  adults. 

DICKENS,  CHARLES.  See  "Books  for  Children."  Cantico 
di  natale.  (Christmas  Carol).  Milano:  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1888. 
3H"x5".    pp.237.    L3. 

Memorie  di  Davide  Copperiield.  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves, 
1910.    2  vols.    5"  X  7^".    pp.  357,  356.    L  1.  each. 

*  DUMAS,  ALEXANDER.     Monte  Cristo.     Firenze:  A.   Sa- 
lani.   1909.    5"x7^".    pp.  1076,    Illustrated.    L4. 

/  tre  moschettieri.  (Three  Musketeers).  Firenze:  A.  Salani. 
1900.    2  vols.    5"x7^".    pp.  265,  248.    L 1.  each. 

Venti  anni  dopo.  (Twenty  Years  After).  Milano:  Bietti. 
1907.    5"x7^".    pp.  351.    L2.50. 

ELIOT,  GEORGE.  Romola.  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves. 
1906.    8H"xl2".    pp.  135.    L5. 

This  inconveniently  shaped  volume  is  the  only  form  in 
which  Romola  may  now  be  had  in  Italian. 

FRANCE,  ANATOLE.  //  delitto  di  Silvestro  Bonnard. 
(The  Crime  of  Sylvestre  Bonnard).  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves. 
1910.    5"  x  7^".    pp.  299.    L  1. 

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HUGO,  VICTOR.  Nostra  Donna  di  Parigi.  (Notre  Dame 
de  Paris).  Firenze:  A.  Salani.  1903.  5"  x  7^"-  PP.  431. 
Illustrated.    L  1.50. 

*  /  miserabili.  (Les  Miserables).  Milano :  Bietti.  1914. 
63^"  X  9^".    pp.659.    Illustrated.    L3.50. 

LOTI,  PIERRE.  Pescatori  d'Islanda.  (An  Iceland  Fisher- 
man).   Firenze:  A.  Salani.    1900.    5"  x  7K".    PP.  253.    LI. 

^-  LYTTON,  BULWER.  Ultimi  giorni  di  Pompei.  (Last  Days 
of  Pompeii).  Milano:  Baldini  e  Castoldi.  1911.  5"x7^". 
pp.  278.     L  1.50. 

*  MILLE  E  UNA  NOTTE.  (Arabian  Nights).  Translated  by 
Armando  Dominicis.  Firenze:  A.  Salani.  1908.  5"  x  7".  pp. 
1018.    L4. 

*  POE,  EDGAR  ALLEN.  Racconti  straordinari.  Translated 
by  G.  A.  Santini.  Firenze:  R.  Bemporad  e  Figlio.  1911.  6" 
xSy/'.     pp.   127.     Illustrated.     L.95. 

Nuovi  racconti  straordinari    Firenze:  R.  Bemporad  e  Figlio. 

1909.  6"x8H".    pp.135.    Illustrated.    L.95. 

These  two  volumes  include  most  of  Poe's  famous  stories. 

*  SCOTT,  SIR  WALTER.  Lucia  di  Lammermoor.  (The 
Bride  of  Lammermoor).  Firenze:  A.  Salani.  1909.  5"x75^". 
pp.377.    L1.20. 

This  is  popular  among  Italian  readers,  because  it  was  taken 

as  the  basis  of  the  story  in  Donizetti's  opera. 

Ivanhoe.    Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.    1910.    7"  x  10^".  pp.  677. 

i-i  0. 

SIENKIEWICZ,   H.     Quo  vadis.     Milano:   Fratelli   Treves. 

1910.  5"  X  7H".  pp.  379.    L  1. 

STERNE,  LAWRENCE.  Viaggio  sentimentale.  (Sentimen- 
tal Journey).  Milano:  Sonzogno.  1910.  4H"x6^".  pp. 
124.    L.30. 

STEVENSON,  R.  L.  Rapito.  (Kidnapped).  Milano :  Fra- 
telli Treves.     1910.     5"  x  7^".     pp.  294.     LI. 

*  STOWE,  HARRIET  B.  La  capanna  dello  zio  Tom.  (Uncle 
Tom's  Cabin).  Firenze:  R.  Bemporad  e  Figlio.  1911.  6"  x 
8^2".    pp.  256.    Illustrated.    L.95. 

*  SUTTNER,  BARONESS  VON.  Abbasso  le  armi!  (Lay 
Down  Your  Arms).  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1910.  2  vols. 
5"x7^".    pp.  282.  298.    LI.  each. 

A  translation  of  Baroness  von  Suttner's  moving  novel 
that  in  Italian,  as  in  so  many  other  languages,  has  had  a 
profound  effect  in  the  cause  of  international  peace. 

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*  SWIFT,  JONATHAN.  Viaggi  di  Gulliver.  (Gulliver's 
Travels).  Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.  1896.  5"  x  7H".  PP- 
285.     Illustrated.    L  1.50. 

THACKERAY,  WILLIAM  M.  La  Hera  della  vanita.  (Van- 
ity Fair).  Milano  :  Fratelli  Treves.  1910.  3  vols.  5"  x  7^", 
pp.  324,  335,  299.     L  2.  each. 

TOLSTOI.    L.     Anna   Kareniue.      Milano:    Fratelli   Treves. 
1904.    2  vols.    5"x7^".    pp.  319.  321.     L 1.  each. 
Guerra  e  pace.     (War  and  Peace).     Milano:  Fratelli  Treves. 
1910.    4  vols.    5"  X  7H".     pp.  323.  323,  295,  306.    L  1.  each. 

TURGHENIEFF.  I.  Vergini  terre.  (Virgin  Soil).  Milano: 
Fratelli  Treves.     1902.    5"  x  7^".    pp.340.     LI. 

*  VERNE,  J.  Cinque  settimane  in  pallone.  (Five  Weeks  in  a 
Balloon).  Milano :  Bietti.  1907.  5"  x  7^".  pp.254.  L  1.50. 
Viaggio  al  centra  della  terra.  (A  Journey  to  the  Center  of 
the  Earth).  Milano :  Bietti.  1912.  5"  x  7^".  pp.254.  L  1.50. 
20,000  leghe  sotto  i  marl  (Twentv  Thousand  Leagues  un- 
der the  Sea).  Milano  :  Paolo  Carrara.  1909.  5"  x  7^"-  PP- 
634.     Illustrated.     L  5. 

//  giro  del  mondo  in  ottanta  giorni.  (Around  the  World  in 
Eightv  Davs).  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1910.  5"  x  75^". 
pp.  315.    LI. 

VOLTAIRE,  F.  Candida.  (Candide).  Milano:  Sonzogno. 
1909.    4^"x6H".   pp.  108.    L.30. 

4t  WALLACE,  LEW.     Ben  Hur.     Milano :  Baldini  e  Castoldi. 
1902.    5"x7H".    pp.483.    L4. 

WELLS,  H.  G.  Nei  giarni  della  cameta.  (In  the  Davs  of 
the  Comet).  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1906.  5"  x  7^/".'  pp. 
353.    L3. 

La  guerra  neU'aria.     (The  War  in  the  Air).    Milano:  Fratelli 

Treves.     1909.    5"  x  7^"-    PP-  424.    L  3. 

Novelle  straardinarie.     Milano:  Fratelli  Treves      1905.     61/" 

xlO".    pp.  213.    L3. 

A  collection  of  strange  stories. 


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Books  for  Children 


Italian  children  in  this  country  learn  English  so  very  quickly 
that  the  use  of  children's  books  in  Italian  is  somewhat  limited. 
But  still  they  will  often  be  the  best  introduction  to  the  library, 
for  those  children  who  have  learned  to  read  before  coming 
to  America.  Such  books  will  also  serve  very  valuably  to  help 
these  little  folk  retain  a  knowledge  of  their  own  language. 
This  is  not  only  important  for  the  practical  use  of  knowing 
Italian  as  well  as  English.  It  is  even  more  important  because 
it  will  foster  in  them  a  respect  and  love  for  the  land  of  their 
race,  which  they  so  promptly  lose  in  their  speedy  American- 
ization. To  preserve  this  respect  and  love  will  help  bridge 
the  gulf  that  quickly  divides  parents  and  children  among  our 
immigrants. 

Italians  have  an  actual  cult  for  children,  and  this  is  well  shown 
in  the  great  number  of  admirable  books,  especially  written 
for  them.  Among  these  there  are  many  that  combine  definite 
educational  value  with  stories  of  thrilling  interest.  And  re- 
cently many  translations  have  been  made  of  children's  books 
from  other  languages.  A  selection  of  all  of  these  has  been  in- 
cluded in  our  list  and  here  no  asterisks  are  needed. 

ABBA.  CESARE.    Storia  dei  Mille.     Firenze :  R.  Bemporad 

e  Figlio.     1904.     6^"  x  10".     pp.  212.     Illustrated.     L3.     A 

cheaper  edition  at  L2.  is  now  available. 

A   stirring   story   of  the   Revolution   in    Italy,    written   for 

children. 

ALCOTT,  LOUISA  M.  Piccole  donne.  (Little  Women). 
Lanciano:  R.  Carabba.  1914.  5"  x  7^".  2  vols.  pp.  341. 
379.     L2.  each. 

ANDERSEN,  H.  C  Novelle.  (Fairy  Tales).  Translated 
bv  Giuseppe  Fanciullo.  Firenze:  R.  Bemporad  e  Figlio. 
1911.    2  vols.    6"x8i/<".    pp.  121.  125.    Illustrated.    L  .95  each. 

BACCINI,  IDA.    Memorie  di  un  pulcino.    Firenze:  R.  Bem- 
porad e  Figlio.    1911.    5"x7i^".    pp.115.    LI. 
The  story  of  a  chicken  is  the  most  widely  popular  book 
in  Italy  for  small  children.     See  also  "Biography." 
Cristoforo  Colombo.     Torino:  G.  B.  Paravia  e  C.     1909.    5" 
X  yVz".     Bound,     pp.  47.     L 1. 
The   story  of  Columbus   written   for   children. 

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BARRIE,  J.  M.  Peter  Pan.  Translated  by  F.  C.  Ageno. 
Firenze:  R.  Bemporad  e  Figlio.  1913.  7"x9H".  PP.  142. 
Illustrated  and  bound.    L6. 

CAPUANA,  LUIGI.  Cera  una  volta.  (Once  upon  a  Time). 
Firenze:  R.  Bemporad  e  Figlio.  1910.  5"  x  7^.  pp.  315. 
L  2.50. 

Capuana  is  very  popular  not  only  as  the  author  of  charm- 
ing short  stories  for  grown  ups,  but  as  a  writer  for  chil- 
dren and  especially  for  boys. 

SciirHddu.  Torino:  G.  B.  Paravia  e  C.  1907.  6^"x9^". 
pp.  172.    Illustrated.    L3. 

Book  for  boys,  recommended  by  the  Italian  Minister  of 
Public  Instruction — also  recommended  by  the  delight  with 
which  the  boys  themselves  read  about  the  boy  Scurpiddu. 

CLEMENS,  S.  L.  (MARK  TWAIN).  Le  avventure  di  Tom 
Sawyer.  Firenze:  R.  Bemporad  e  Figlio.  1911.  6"  x  8^". 
pp.  133.    Illustrated.    L  .95. 

"COLLODI,  C."  (LORENZINI,  C.)  Avventure  di  Pinocchio. 
Firenze:  R.  Bemporad  e  Figlio.  1907.  5"x7^".  pp.  300. 
L2.50. 

A  famous  book  for  small  boys. 

Racconti  delle  fate.  Firenze:  R.  Bemporad  e  Figlio.  1909. 
5"x7H".    pp.  267.    L2. 

Translation  of  a  collection  of  fairy  tales:  Little  Red  Rid- 
ing Hood,  Sleeping  Beauty,  Cinderella,  Hop  o'  My  Thumb, 
Beauty  and  the  Beast,  etc. 

"CORDELIA."  (VIRGINIA  TEDESCHI).  Piccoli  eroi. 
Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.    1911.    5"  x  75^".    pp.290.    L2. 

The  55th  edition  of  this  extremely  popular  book  for  chil- 
dren (9-14  years),  teaching  them  life  through  the  les- 
sons of  life  itself.  Romance  of  science  and  modern  in- 
dustry, humble  heroes,  unknown  sacrifices,  inspiring  read- 
ings— open  air  fun. 

DE  AMICIS.  EDMONDO.  1846-1908.  Cuore.  Milano:  Fra- 
telli Treves.    1912.    S":s^7y2".    pp.340.    L2. 

One  of  the  most  famous  of  all  books  for  boys.  Trans- 
lated into  nearly  every  modern  language.  The  edition 
here  listed  is  the  618th.. 

DEFOE,  DANIEL.  Robinson  Crusoe.  Firenze:  A.  Salani. 
1907.    5"x7H".    pp.  545.    L2. 

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DICKENS,  CHARLES.  Cantico  di  natale.  (Christmas 
Carol).  Milano:  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1888.  3^"  x  5".  pp.  237. 
L3. 

GRIMM  (BROTHERS).  Novelle.  Translated  by  B.  Vet- 
tori.  Firenze:  R.  Bemporad  e  Figlio.  1911.  6"  x  8^".  pp. 
128.     Illustrated.     L  .95. 

A  selection  from  the  old  familiar  fairy  tales. 

KIPLING,  RUDYARD.  //  lihro  delle  hestie.  (Just  So 
Stories).  Firenze:  R.  Bemporad  e  Figlio.  1913.  7"  x  10". 
pp.  165.    Well  illustrated.    L  3.50. 

MARCO  POLO.     1254-1323.    I  viaggi.     (The  Voyages). 

Milano:  Sonzogno.     1906.    4H"  x  7".     pp.  148.     L  .30. 

In  this  edition  the  language  has  been  carefully  modernized. 

ORSL  PIETRO.  Come  fu  fatta  Vltalia.  (Might  be  trans- 
lated: How  Italy  Became  a  Nation).  Torino:  Societa  Tipo- 
grafico— Editrice  Nazionale.  1914.  4M"x7^".  pp.  233, 
Illustrated.     Bound.     L3. 

This  story  of  the  great  struggle  for  the  union  of  Italy 
is  so  popularly  written  that  it  should  prove  very  interest- 
ing to  children. 

SALGARI,  EMILIO.  1863-1911.  La  scimitarra  di  Budda. 
(The  Scimitar  of  Buddha).  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1909. 
6i^"xl0".     pp.251.    Illustrated.    L3. 

Salgafi  is  the  Jules  Verne  of  Italy.  His  stories  are  us- 
ually of  wild  adventure  and  imagined  wonders  of  science 
applied  to  life.  Extremely  popular  and  this  is  one  of  the 
most  read  of  all  'his  many  books.  It  was  first  published 
in  a  paper  for  children. 

La  cittd  dell'oro.  (The  City  of  Gold).  Milano:  Fratelli 
Treves.    1898.    6>4"  x  10".    pp.  365.    Illustrated.    L  3.. 

Another  of  Salgari's  early  stories — widely  read. 

//  re  dell'aria.  Firenze:  R.  Bemporad  e  Figlio.  1907.  6J^" 
X 10".    pp.  324.     Illustrated.    L  3.50. 

In  this  "The  King  of  the  Air"  they  say  that  Salgari  in- 
vented the  first  dirigible  of  fiction. 

SETON,  ERNEST  THOMPSON.  Animali  eroi.  Trans- 
lated by  Laura  Torretta.  Milano:  L.  F.  Cogliati.  1910.  6" 
X  8".    pp.  346.    L  5.50. 

Well  printed  on  good  paper  with  the  original  illustrations. 
A  collection  of  nine  of  the  best  of  Seton's  stories  of  ani-- 
mals. 

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SOCCI,  ETTORE.  Umili  eroi  della  patria  e  dell'umanitd. 
Milano  :  Libreria  Editrice  Nazionale.  1903.  5"  x  7^".  pp. 
22>2.    L2. 

This  book  of  "humble  heroes  of  our  country  and  of  hu- 
manity" is  chiefly  concerned  with  the  desperate  struggle 
of  the  Revolution  in  Italy.  A  simple  and  beautiful  book — 
few  books  so  well  known  popularly;  not  written  to  glor- 
ify war  but  to  glorify  the  nobility  of  sacrifice,  the  giving 
of  life  by  the  humble  for  a  noble  end— not  stories  of  the 
aristocracy  of  heroism.  Highly  educational  these  tales — 
from  that  of  Goretti,  the  clown,  to  Federigo  Comandini, 
the  peasant. 

^'VAMBA."  (LUIGI  BERTELLI).  Ciondolino.  Firenze:R. 
Bemporad  e  Figlio.  1910.  5"  x  7^".  pp.228.  L2.50. 
In  "Ciondolino"  a  boy  becomes  an  ant,  and  learns  the 
habits  and  customs  of  ant  life.  The  author  is  a  naturalist, 
humorist,  journalist.  This  little  book  has  been  highly 
praised  by  scientists,  and  boys  like  it  so  well  that  it  has 
gone  through  many  editions. 

VECCHI,  A.  V.  Racconti  di  mare  e  di  guerra.  Firenze :  R. 
Bemporad  e  Figlio.  1903.  5"  x  7^".  pp.  276.  L2. 
These  stories  largely  of  the  sea,  were  written  with  the 
object  of  interesting  children,  through  dramatic  tales,  in 
science  and  nature,  and  of  inspiring  them  with  interest  in 
animals  and  aflFection  for  them. 

VIDOTTO,  GIACOMO.    Garibaldi.    Roma:  Albrighi,  Segati 
eC.    1899.    43/4"  X  7^".    pp.110.    L.75. 
The  life  storv-  of  Garibaldi  told  for  children. 


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Poetry 


Italians  have  not  lost,  as  we  have,  the  habit  of  reading 
poetry  and  loving  it.  They  have  a  national  fondness  for 
verse,  shared  by  cultured  and  uncultured  alike.  In  its 
humblest  forms,  simple  songs  and  refrains  of  a  hundred 
kinds,  elemental  poetrj^  is  linked  with  music.  A  Roman 
gardener  of  my  acquaintance  finds  his  chief  delight  in 
composing  sonorous  octaves.  And  in  line  with  Homeric 
tradition  is  the  Calabrian  discovery  of  a  friend.  "My 
uncle  is  a  poet,"  proudly  proclaimed  the  waiter.  "You 
must  let  me  see  one  of  his  books,"  said  my  friend.  "But 
he  cannot  write  and  so  they  have  never  been  printed." 
Declamation  revealed  an  undoubted  epic ! 
Owing  to  the  great  number  and  unusual  excellence  of 
the  Italian  poets,  the  selection  of  a  necessarily  short  list 
presents  unusual  difficulties — particularly  in  dealing  with 
the  poets  of  the  Risorgimento.  Many  important,  many 
popular  names  have  been  omitted  in  order  that  this  selec- 
tion might  not  lose  a  certain  essential  proportion.  But 
if  Berchet  and  Cavallotti,  Monti  and  Prati,  and  many 
others  fail  of  a  special  title,  they  will  all  be  found  in 
their  best  work  in  the  fine  anthology  of  Barbiera. 
In  any  list  of  poetry  such  as  this,  popularity  must  be  a 
determining  thing.  And  so  I  have  included  a  selection 
of  popular  poets  of  dialect.  Of  these,  particularly  living 
writers.  Italy  has  many,  for  every  part  of  the  country 
has  its  own  poet  in  dialect,  who  sometimes  in  comic  and 
satirical  vein,  sometimes  seriously  and  nobly,  mirrors  the 
s'mple  life  of  his  province.  Work  and  love,  death  and  ad- 
venture are  his  theme.  His  characters  are  peasant  and 
priest,  petty  provincial  officials,  the  hundred  classes  of 
townsfolk,  the  conscript  boys  doing  serv'ce  in  army  and 
navy.  The  dialect  of  one  province  is  often  almost  un- 
intelligible beyond  its  narrow  boundaries,  yet  very  re- 
markably, in  one  way  or  another,  nearly  all  of  these 
poets  give  evidence  of  the  traditional  and  fundamenta' 
Italian  unity  that  has  at  last  made  one  people  of  the  men 
of   all  provinces. 

The  Italian  is  very  fond  of  reading  poetry  aloud  and 
those  who  cannot  read,  as  well  as  many  who  can,  listen 
delightedly.  For  this  custom — a  classical  inheritance — 
and  for  many  readers,  the  simpler  and  more  dramatic 
poetry  should  be  chosen.    But  dialect  poets  like  Pascarella 

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and  Martoglio,  or  a  stern  sentimentalist  like  Rapisardi. 
or  Leopardi's  "Ginestra"  may  make  more  appeal  than 
Tasso.  1  have  found  Dante  many  times  in  the  hands  of 
workingmen.  Some  will  be  fond  of  De  Amicis,  and  Ada 
Negri — some  thrilled  with  the  patriotic  "Garibaldean 
Rhapsodies"   of  Marradi. 

ALEARDI,  ALEARDO.  1814-1878.  Canti.  Firenze:  G. 
Barbera.  1905.  5"  x  7^".  pp.499.  L4. 
This  poet  appeals  to  many  for  his  marked  moral  and 
religious  qualities.  His  harmonious  and  dignified  verses 
often  strike  a  national  note.  But  on  the  whole  a  senti- 
mental and  melancholy  bard. 

*  ALFIERI,  VITTORIO.  See  "Biography."  Vite  e  rime  scelte. 
See  also  "Drama." 

ALIGHIERI,  DANTE.    1265-1321. 

In  the  case  of  Dante  alone  has  it  seemed  necessary  to  de- 
scribe a  choice  of  editions  to  meet  different  needs.  His  great- 
ness as  a  world  classic  calls  for  no  note  in  this  book.  But  for 
Italians  it  is  not  merely  that  he  was  their  first  and  greatest 
writer — in  a  literary  sense  almost  the  creator  of  their  lan- 
guage. Throughout  the  centuries  he  has  represented  the  best 
in  character  and  ideals  to  which  they  have  looked.  And 
national  love  and  reverence  have  given  him  the  popular  name 
of  "Padre  Dante." 

Tutte  le  opere  di  Dante  Alighieri.  Edited  by  Dr.  E.  Moore. 
Oxford:  Oxford  University  Press.  1904.  5i^"x8".  pp.490. 
$2.25. 

A  complete  edition  of  all  the  works  of  Dante  in  one  volume. 
Handy,  scholarly.  Without  notes  except  index  of  proper 
names  and  notable  things  mentioned. 

La  divina  com  media.  Edited,  with  notes  by  G.  A.  Scartazzini. 
Milano  :  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1911.  5"  x  7^".  pp.  1047  &  124.  L6. 
Contains  full  notes  of  the  famous  Dante  scholar  and  a 
rimario — an  index  of  verses  arranged  according  to  their 
rhymes.  A  mine  of  learning  in  the  literature  of  Dante 
and  his  commentators — abridged  for  school  use  from  greater 
work.  On  this  work  Scartazzini  lavished  the  love  and  labor 
of  a  life  time.  In  one  form  or  another  it  has  been  the 
standard  and  most  generally  used  edition  for  more  than  a 
generation. 

*  La  divina  commedia.  Edited,  with  notes  by  Francesco  Tor- 
raca.  Roma :  Albrighi,  Segati  e  C.  1908.  5"  x  7H"-  PP-  952. 
L4.50. 

Very  popular  in  Italy  for  schools  and  general  reading. 
Torraca's    chief   care   is   to   make   plain    Dante's   meaning 

—  58  — 


and  to  "collect  and  explain"  the  secrets  of  his  art.  Tor- 
raca  is  a  brilliant  and  accomplished  man  of  letters  and  his 
notes  are  full  of  literary  and  human  interest.  The  best 
edition  for  general  use,  where  notes  are  needed. 

*  La  dtvina  commedia.  Illustrated  by  Gustave  Dore,  with  the 
notes  of  E.  Camerini.  Milano :  Sonsogno.  1911.  10"  x  14". 
pp.  688.    L  10. 

Dore's  illustrations  make  this  a  very  eagerly  chosen  book 
in  libraries. 

*  ARIOSTO,  LUDOVICO.  1474-1533.  UOrlando  furioso. 
Edited  by  Augusto  Romizi.  Roma :  Albrighi,  Segati  e  C. 
1912.    5H"  X  8".    pp.  542.    L  3.50. 

The  great  poet  of  Italy  who  has  been  most  widely  and 
delightedly  read  by  people  of  every  class.  The  "Orlando 
Furioso"  is,  so  some  believe,  the  human  comedy  grotesque- 
ly staged  in  the  world  of  chivalry.  The  stories  of  knights 
and  ladies,  the  wars  of  Christians  and  Saracens,  bloody 
catastrophes,  delicate  sentimentalities,  incantations,  visits 
with  Dante  in  the  Inferno,  with  St.  John  to  the  moon, 
all  verging  from  tragic  to  comic,  from  majestic  to  simple, 
make  such  alluring  reading  that  Baretti  said  the  wonder- 
ful pleasure  of  it  ought  to  be  allowed  only  as  a  prize  and 
recompense  to  those  who  render  their  country  a  great  service. 

*  BARBIERA,  RAFFAELLO.  /  poeti  italiani  del  secolo  XIX. 
Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.  1913.  5"  x  7i^".  pp.  1400.  Bound 
and  illustrated  with  portraits.    L  10. 

Unquestionably  the  best  anthology  of  the  Italian  poets  of 
the  Nineteenth  Century.  It  contains  an  excellent  intro- 
duction, biographical  sketches,  notes  and  full  indices. 
Every  school  is  well  represented :  Classicism,  Romantic- 
ism, Realism.  Symbolism.  There  is  a  particularly  good 
selection  of  the  poets  of  the  Risorgimento.  For  a  number 
of  well  known  poets  nearly  all  their  best  work  is  included  and 
there  is  a  notable  selection  of  important  verse  by  little  known 
poets  not  to  be  found  in  any  other  anthology. 

*  CARDUCCI,  GlOSUe.  1836-1907.  Poesie.  1850-1900.  Bo- 
logna:  Nicola  Zanichelli.  1911.  5^"x734".  pp.  1075.  Bound. 
India  paper.     L  10. 

Foremost  poet  of  modern  Italy.  Deliberately  classic  in 
style  and  form.  In  spirit  modern  and  national.  Beauty, 
dignity,  vigor  characterize  his  work.  He  was  powerful 
and  fearless  in  support  of  his  ideals.  His  verse  is  often 
difficult.     Immensely  respected. 

—  59  — 


D'ANNUNZIO,  GABRiELE.  Of  the  poetical  works  of 
this  leader  of  the  Italian  aesthetic  school,  three  books 
have  been  chosen,  beginning  with  the  volume  that  con- 
tains the  splendid  "Naval  Odes."  In  these  are  found 
beautiful  and  noble  ideas,  and  lofty  sentiments  inspired 
by  the  national  glories  of  Italy,  joined  with  rare  beauty 
of  form.  These  are  nearly  free  from  the  obscurities,  af- 
fectations and  other  objections  that  may  be  urged  against 
his  later  work,  and  prevent  his  books  from  becoming 
broadly  popular. 

Poema  paradisiac o',  Odi  navali.  Milano :  Fratelli  Treves 
1913.    334"  x5M"-    PP.226.    L4. 

Canzone  di  Garibaldi.  Milano :  Fratelli  Treves.  1909.  7J/^" 
xlVA".    pp.  64.     L1.50. 

In  morte  di  Giuseppe  Verdi.  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1913. 
7^"xll^".    pp.  28.    LI. 

^  DE  AMICIS,  EDMONDO.  1846-1908.  Poesie.  Milano: 
Fratelli  Treves.  1907.  4"  x  6".  pp.268.  L4. 
Very  popular  among  all  classes  of  Italians.  "To  my 
mother"  is  widely  known  and  loved.  Besides  much  that 
is  tender  and  lovely  this  little  book  contains  many  ex- 
amples  of  delightfully  humorous  verse, 

*  DI  GIACOMO,  SALVATORE.  Poesie.  Napoli:  Riccardo 
Ricciardi.  1909.  5"  x  7^".  pp.442.  L4. 
The  best  of  the  Neapolitan  poets  of  dialect.  His  poetry 
is  of  high  lyrical  quality.  His  homely  verses  are  free 
from  every  trace  of  vulgarity,  and  are  liked  for  their 
"sweet   melancholy-" 

-^:-  FOSCOLO,  UGO.  1779-1827.  Scelta  di  poesie  e  di  prose. 
Edited  by  Dr.  Pio  Spagnotti.  Milano:  Ulrico  HoepH.  1901. 
4K>"x7".    pp.  352.    L2.50. 

Many  selections  have  been  made  of  the  work  of  this  early 
poet  of  the  Risorgimento,  but  this  in  several  respects  is  the 
best  of  all.  Foscolo  was  a  brilliant,  erratic,  romantic 
genius,  a  revolutionary,  a  wanderer.  He  has  been  likened 
to  Byron.  He  had  so  great  an  effect  in  helping  the  cause 
of  liberty  in  Italy,  that  Mazzini  said:  "Without  him,  we 
perhaps  should  not  have  been  what  we  are."  This  volume, 
of   course,    contains   the    famous    "Carme    dei    Sepolcri." 

.,5.  FUCINI,  RENATO.  ("Neri  Tanfucio.")  See  also  "Fiction- 
Italian."  Le  poesie.  Firenze :  R.  Bemporad  e  Figlio.  n.  d. 
4"x6".    pp.  367.    L2.50. 

Writes  the  gayest  and  most  spontaneous  of  popular  Tus- 
can  poetry.     His   verses   are   filled   with   humor   and   life. 

—  60- 


and  seem  caught  from  the  lips  of  the  people.  Yet  his  art 
is   exquisite   and   restrained. 

GIUSTI,  GIUSEPPE.  1809-1850.  Poesie  complete.  Firenze : 
A.  Salani.  1909.  5"  x  7.^/4".  pp.431.  L  1.50. 
Giusti  was  above  all  a  satirical  poet — the  most  read  of 
his  time,  and  still  has  a  very  considerable  popular  appeal. 
He  attacked  the  shameful,  the  vicious,  the  ridiculous 
things  in  the  life  of  his  day.  His  work  became  national 
and  powerfully  he  attacked  the  foreign  oppressor.  Yet 
in  many  of  his  greatest  poems  his  interest  is  not  limited 
to  Italy,  but  is  broadly  humanitarian.  He  uses  irony  and 
satire  with  extraordinary  vigor  and  dramatic  power,  and 
pathos  and  delicate  fancy  abound  in  his  pages. 

-^  LEOPARDI.  GIACOMO.  1798-1837.  /  canti.  Edited  by  G. 
Tambara.  Milano  :  Antonio  Vallardi.  1912.  5"  x  8".  pp.  339. 
L2.50. 

The  great  poet  of  pessimism.  Of  first  importance  in 
literature  because  he  gave  new  form  and  new  force  to 
Italy's  poetry.  His  work,  classic  in  style,  is  still  vigorous 
and  beautiful.  His  love  of  his  country  was  ardent.  Graf 
said:  "There  have  been  greater  poets,  but  none  is  his 
equal."  This  selection  includes  the  famous  "Ginestra" — "all 
thunder  and  lightning  and  funereal  light" — that  may  very 
likely  prove  to  be  what  it  is  often  called,  "immortal." 

MANZONI,    ALESSANDRO.      See    also    "Fiction— Italian." 

1785-1873.    Le  tragedie,  gli  inni  sacri,  le  odi.    Milano:  Ulrico 

Hoepli.    1907.    5"x7K".    pp.400.    L2.50. 

The  poetry  of   Manzoni   is   distinguished   by   lofty  moral 

and  religious  value,  by  great  dignity  and  idealism.     When 

he    treats    of   national    themes,    it    is    with    deep    patriotic 

fervor. 

#  MARRADI.  Rapsodie  garibaldine.  Firenze:  G.  Barbera. 
1902.    5"x8".    pp.  128.    L2.50. 

A  Tuscan  poet  of  the  country  side,  deals  often,  as  in  this 
book,   with   stirring  national   themes.     Widely  popular. 

^  MARTOGLIO,  NINO.  Centona.  Catania:  Giannotta.  1913. 
5"x7H".    pp.  350.    L3. 

The  dialect  verse  of  a  very  popular  Sicilian  poet.  Abounds 
in  local  color  with  many  touches  of  quaint  humor. 

*  MELI,  GIOVANNI.  1740-1815.  Le  hucoUche.  Milano: 
Sonzogno.     1903.    4^"  x  6^".    pp.  173.    L  .60. 

Greatest   Sicilian   poet   in   the   vernacular.     His   poetry    i? 

—  61  — 


Arcadian,  delicate  and  beautiful;  contains  little  local  color, 
but  is  very  popular.  This  edition  has  on  opposite  pages 
an  Italian  translation  in  verse. 

.;-  NEGRI,  ADA.  Maternita.  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1912. 
4"xSK".    pp.  285.    L4. 

Considered  the  first  of  living  poets  among  Italian  women. 
The  devoted  and  affectionate  partisan  of  the  working 
classes  and  of  the  rights  of  the  humble.  Rather  sombre 
but  very  popular. 

,x-  OXFORD  BOOK  OF  ITALIAN  VERSE.  Edited  by  St. 
John  Lucas.  Oxford:  Oxford  University  Press.  1910.  4j^2". 
x6%".    pp.  576.    $2. 

Selections  chiefly  from  the  classical  poets,  from  the  13th 
to  the  19th  century.    A  delightful  anthology. 

45-  PARINI,  GIUSEPPE.  1729-1799.  Le  poesie  scelte.  Edited 
by  Michele  Scherillo.  Milano :  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1906.  5"  x 
7^".    pp.  378.    L2.50. 

Excellent  representative  selection  from  the  poetr>'  of  the 
great  poet  priest  of  Milan — for  generations  used  for  the  in- 
struction and  inspiration  of  Italian  youth.  His  poems  of 
classic  beauty  nearly  always  deal  with  the  useful  and 
practical,  and  in  "II  Giorno"  his  grave  irony  became  a 
powerful  popular  demand  for  human  equality  and  for  jus- 
tice against  the  privileges  of  the  great  and  nobly  born. 

-X-  PASCARELLA,  CESARE.  Sonetti.  Torino:  Societa  Tipo- 
grafico— Editrice  Nazionale.    1911.    6^"x9".    pp.180.    L4. 

First  of  all  living  Italian  poets  of  dialect.  Writes  in  the 
dialect  of  Rome.  Extremely  popular.  Combines  the  gro- 
tesque and  comic  with  much  dignity  and  nobility.  Con- 
sidered one  of  Italy's  greatest  living  writers.  The  Dis- 
covery of  America  (Scoperta  dell'America)  in  this  vol- 
ume is  famous  and  is  often  chosen  for  recitation. 

*  PASCOLI,  GIOVANNI.  1855-1912.  Limpido  rivo— Prose  e 
poesie.  Bologna :  Nicola  Zanichelli.  1912.  5"  x  714".  pp.  247. 
L3. 

One  of  the  best  of  the  poets  of  modern  Italy.  Noted  for 
his  smooth  and  exquisite  verse,  his  descriptive  powers 
and  his  serene  and  noble  views  of  life.  This  volume  con- 
tains a  selection  of  his  best  known  verse — highly  polished 
minute  descriptions  of  country  life  to  which  he  prin- 
cipally owes  his  fame,  together  with  well  chosen  examples 
of  his  prose. 

—  62- 


*  PETRARCA,  FRANCESCO.  1304-1374.  //  cansoniere.  With 
the  notes  of  Giuseppe  Rigutini.  Edited  by  Michele  Scherillo. 
Milano:  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1910.  S"  xJ'A".  pp.474.  L3.50. 
Scholarly  edition,  with  a  wealth  of  interesting  and  human 
notes.  The  introduction  gives  an  excellent  account  of 
the  place  of  Petrarch  in  Italian  literature  and  Italian  life: 
Not  only  the  exquisite  poet  of  love,  the  last  of  the  trou- 
badours— the  last  great  writer  of  the  Middle  Ages ;  but 
also  the  first  of  the  humanists,  reviving  the  study  of  the  clas- 
sics of  Greece  and  Rome — first  of  moderns,  philosopher,  cour- 
tier, antiquary,  constant  traveller,  free  of  mysticism,  with 
all  the  restlessness  and  curiosity  of  the  modern  world. 
He  was  also  as  they  are  saying  these  late  days,  '"a  true 
Italian,"  for  he  tried  to  reconcile  the  jealous  discords  with 
which  the  Italy  of  that  day  was  torn;  he  had  the  dream 
of  continuing  the  glories  of  ancient  Rome,  a  dream  that 
is  now  a  powder  and  inspiration  in  the  progress  of  Italy. 

-X-  RAPISARDI,  MARIO.  1844-1913.  Poesie  religiose.  Mi- 
lano:  Sonzogno.    1908.    4^<"x6^".    pp.91.    L.30. 

Rapisardi,  the  literary  antagonist  of  Carducci,  is  greatly 
admired,  particularly  in  Sicily.  In  his  native  province  of 
Catania  even  the  peasants  call  him  "II  gran  padre."  His 
dignity  sometimes  becomes  pompous;  he  is  often  frankly 
a  pessimist.  But  he  has  great  imaginative  and  descrip- 
tive power,  and  high  and  rigorous  purposes.  These 
poems  are  called  religious — so  is  the  reason  given — "be- 
cause they  represent  the  triumph  of  reason,  of  love,  of 
sacrifice — the  protest  of  humanity  in  behalf  of  truth  and 
the  humble."  Garibaldi  spoke  of  Rapisardi's  poetry,  as 
"a  great  work  of  moral  emancipation  heroically  begun." 

La  palingenesi.  Sesto  S.  Giovanni :  Madella.  1912.  5"  x  75^". 
pp.  239.    L  2. 

Perhaps  the  best  example  of  Rapisardi's  longer  symbol- 
ical poems.  This  deals  with  the  hope  of  civil  and  relig- 
ious reform,  bringing  peace  to  the  earth.  On  its  first 
printing,  Victor  Hugo  wrote  the  poet:  ''You  hold  in 
your  hands  two  torches:  the  torch  of  poetry  and  the 
torch  of  truth — the  great  Italian  heart  beats  everywhere 
in  your  generous  book." 

^-  TASSO,  TORQUATO.  1493-1569.  La  Gerusalemme  liberata. 
Edited  by  Riccardo  Cornali.  Roma :  Albrighi.  Segati  e  C. 
1901.    5"x7^".    pp.  348.    L2. 

Says  Prof.  Cornali:  "The  minds  of  young  people  are 
fires  to  be  lighted,  not  vases  to  fill."  And  so  with  human 
and    interesting    notes    he    has    prepared    perhaps    the    very 

-6Z- 


best  edition  for  general  reading  of  this  great  epic — a 
story  of  the  Crusades,  and  of  the  rescue  of  the  tomb  of 
Christ  from  the  infidels.  The  "Gerusalemme"  has  always 
been  popular  not  only  for  its  thrilling  accounts  of  adven- 
ture of  its  knightly  champions,  its  duels  and  thundering 
battles,  and  sorcery,  but  also  for  the  very  affecting  love 
stories  that  are  a  prominent  part  of  its  plot.  Yet  it  is 
dignified,  noble,  religious.  Anciently  it  used  to  be  sung 
through  the  streets  of  the  Italian  cities;  gondoliers  sang 
it  on  the  canals  of  Venice  within  the  memory  of  men 
still  living;  its  beautiful  and  sonorous  verses  are  well 
known  and  loved  now,  and  in  Italy  one  often  hears  its 
favorite  passages  declaimed. 

*  TRILUSSA  (CARLO  ALBERTO  SALUSTRI).  Sonetti 
romaneschi.  Roma :  Enrico  Voghera.  1909.  6^"x9^".  pp. 
201.     L4. 

Very  popular  satirical  poet;  writes  facile,  musical,  and 
often   humorous  verse   in   the   dialect  of  Rome. 

POETRY  TRANSLATED  FROM  THE  ENGLISH. 

•-  LONGFELLOW,  H.  W.  iMiles  Standese.  Translated  by 
Giacomo  Zanella.  Milano  :  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1884.  3^"  x  5". 
pp.  180.    L3. 

*  Evangelina.  Translated  by  Giacomo  Zanella.  Milano :  Ulrico 
Hoepli.    1883.    3^"  x  5".    pp.  172.    L3. 

MILTON,  JOHN  Paradiso  perduto.  Translated  bv  Lazzaro 
Papi.  Milano:  Sonzogno.  n.  d.  Folio  pp.  296.  L4.  An  in- 
convenient size,  but  the  only  form  in  which  "Paradise  Lost"  is 
now  available  in  Italian. 

WHITMAN,  WALT.  Canti  scelti.  Translation  and  intro- 
duction by  Luigi  Gamberale.  Milano :  Sonzogno.  1908.  4^" 
X  6K".    2  vols.    pp.  104,  128.   L  .30  each. 

Admirable  selection  of  the  poems  of  Whitman,  covering 
every  phase  of  the  poet's  work. 


—  64  — 


D 


rama 


The  reading  of  plays  strongly  appeals  to  the  dramatic  in- 
stincts of  the  Italian,  and  is  today,  as  it  has  always  been,  pop- 
ular with  him.  In  fact,  it  is  the  frequent  experience  of  librar- 
ians that  their  Italian  readers  are  often  more  apt  to  choose  a 
book  of  poetry  or  drama  than  of  fiction. 

*  ALFIERI.  VITTORIO.  1749-1803.  See  also  "Biography." 
Tragedie  scelte.  Firenze  :  G.  C.  Sansoni.  1912.  5^"  x  7W- 
vv-  397.    L2.50. 

A  group  of  the  most  famous  plays  of  the  "Father  of 
Italian  Tragedy."  The  Italian  Revolution  was  the  work 
of  thinkers  and  poets,  and  in  this  Alfieri  in  a  large  sense 
led  the  way.  Pizzi  says:  "His  was  the  first  voice  to  cry 
'liberty,'  after  a  silence  of  centuries-"  With  the  broken, 
rapid,  breathless  dialogue,  with  the  precipitate  rush  of 
action,  love  of  liberty  and  his  country  fills  all  his  traged- 
ies. 

*  BENELLT.  SEM.  La  cena  delle  beffe.  Milano:  Fratelli 
Treves.    1910.    5>^"  x  7^"-    PP-  152.    L3. 

Brilliant  historical  tragi-comedy — the  one  real  success  of 
the  Italian  stage  of  the  last  few  years.  Thoroughly  Tus- 
can. 

*  BRACCO.  ROBERTO.  Teafro  (Vol.  V.)  Napoli :  Remo 
Sandron.     1911.     5"  x  7^".     PP.  338.    L  3. 

This  vol.  contains  Maternita — //  frutto  acerb o. 

Neapolitan  dramatist — versatile  genius,  keen  observer, 
realist — sometimes  wild,  noisy — melancholy  in  his  love 
songs.  Popularity  seems  sometimes  to  reach  point  of 
fascination. 

CAVALLOTTI.  FELICE.     1842-1898.    II  cantico  del  cantici. 
Milano:  Carlo  Barbini.     1909.    4^"  x  6^".    PP-  69.     L  1.20. 
In  the  drama,  even  more  than  in  his  verse,  Cavallotti  won 
popularity.      The   play    selected   is    a   graceful    and   witty 
domestic  idyl. 

*  GIACOSA,  GIUSEPPE.  1847-1906.  Considered  the  first  of 
the  Italian  dramatists  of  our  time.  Able,  vivacious  and 
graceful  writer,  with  lofty  moral  standards.  The  play 
that    gives   title   to   the   first   book   selected,   and    "Come   le 

—  65  — 


foglie"  illustrate  the  two  radically  different  kinds  of  his 
work — one  the  sprightly  historical  comedy — the  other, 
modern,  with  the  problems  of  our  day- 
Una  partita  a  scacchi — Trionfo  d'amore — Intermezzi  e  scene. 
Milano:  Fratelli  Treves.  1908.  5"  x  7^".  pp.263.  L3. 
Come  le  foglie.  (19th  Edition).  Milano:  Fratelli  Treves. 
1907.    5"x7H".    pp.275.    L4. 

'"-  GOLDONI,  CARLO.  1707-1793.  Commedie  scelte.  Intro- 
duction by  Raffaello  Nocchi.  Firenze:  Successori  Le  Monnier. 
1910.  W  X  7".  pp.  487.  Bound.  L  1.75. 
A  good  selection  of  the  most  popular  plays  of  the  great 
founder  of  the  Italian  drama.  Gayly  satirizing  the  follies 
and  extravagances  of  Venetian  life,  "painting  nature  with- 
out spoiling  it,"  as  he  said,  Goldoni  became  for  Italy 
what  Moliere  was  for  France.  He  is  still  unequalled  as 
a  writer  of  comedy  and  a  numiber  of  his  plays,  notably 
"La  Locandiera"  included  in  this  volume,  are  frequently 
acted  with  unfailing  success.  "La  Locandiera"  is  one  of 
the  favorite  plays,  and  one  of  the  favorite  parts,  of  Elea- 
nora  Duse,  the  greatest  living  Italian  actress. 

MANZONI.  ALESSANDRO.     1785-1873.     See  "Poetry." 

■5:-  MARTINI,  FERDINANDO.  Chi  sa  il  gioco  non  I'insegni. 
Firenze:  R.  Bemporad  e  Figlio.  1906.  5"  x  7^".  pp.  245. 
L3 

A  book  of  delightful  one  act  comedies,  by  the  gifted  Min- 
ister of  Finance  in  Italy's  new  cabinet — the  most  distin- 
guished literary  man  in  a  cabinet  of  literary  men.  These 
plays  can  always  be  relied  upon  to  draw  crowded  houses.  They 
are  called  "Proverbi"  because  each  one  takes  its  title  from 
some  well  known  proverb,  and  wittily  points  the  moral 
of  the  bit  of  popular  wisdom  selected. 

•55-  MOLIfiRE.  G.  B.    Commedie  scelte.    Translated  bv  Alcibiade 
Moretti.     Milano :   Fratelli  Treves.     1912.     5"  x  yy/'.  2  vols, 
pp.  339,  345.    L  1.  each. 
Excellent  selection — excellent   translation. 

-X-  NICCOLINI,  GIAMBATTISTA.  1782-1861.  Arnaldo  da 
Brescia.  Milano:  Sonzogno.  1910.  4^"x6M"-  PP-  161. 
L.30. 

The  most  important  drama,  artistically  and  politically,  of 
the  great  tragic  poet  of  the  Italian  Revolution.  In  this 
play,  as  in  his  "Sforza,"  love  of  his  own  country  is  so 
joined  with  hatred  of  Austria  that  the  representation  of 
his  plays  is  still  forbidden  in  Trieste. 

—  66  — 


^-   ROVETTA.  GEROLAMO.     1852-1911.     Romauticismo.     Mi- 
lano:  Balclini  e  Castoldi.     1911.     5"  x  7^".     pp.  254.     L3.50. 

Rovetta,  a  popular  novelist  and  dramatist,  lively,  satirical, 
with  a  keen  eye  for  the  comic.  In  this  play,  his  best,  he 
leaves  the  intrigues  of  contemporary  society  and  deals 
with   a  patriotic,  historical   subject. 

SHAKESPEARE,  WILLIAM.  The  Plays.  Translated  by 
Diego  Angeli.  Each  play  in  a  separate  volume,  well  printed 
on  excellent  paper.  Milano  :  Fratelli  Treves.  1911-1914.  5^/2" 
X  8".    pp.  175  to  250.    L  3.  each. 

This  translation,  now  in  course  of  publication,  by  Signor 
Angeli,  the  well  known  novelist,  art  critic  and  satirist  of 
the  "Giornale  d'ltalia,"  is  an  exceedingly  good  one — by 
common  consent  the  best  in  Italian.  The  plays  that  have 
already  appeared  are  La  Tempesta,  Giulio  Cesare.  Mac- 
beth. Amleto,  Come  vi  pare  (As  You  Like  It),  La  bis- 
betica  domata  (Taming  of  the  Shrew),  Antonio  e  Cleo- 
patra, Otello,  La  notte  dell'epifania  (Twelfth  Night).  II 
sogno  di  una  notte  di  mezza  estate  (Midsummer  Night's 
Dream).  Several  other  of  the  plays  by  the  same  transla- 
tor are  in  preparation,  and  will  soon  be  published.  The 
Italian  readers  in  our  libraries  are,  of  course,  apt  to  be 
4:-  especially  interested  in  Othello,  Julius  Caesar,  Romeo  and 
Juliet  and  the  Merchant  of  Venice.  The  last  two  of  these 
are  not  yet  published  in  this  series,  and  may  be  had  in  in- 
ferior  editions- 

Tragedie    scelte:     Otello,    Macbeth.    Mercante    di    Venesia. 
About  pp.  300.     1  vol.    L  1.50. 
Giulietta  e  Romeo.    L  .30. 
Milano  :  Sonzogno.     1913  catalogue. 

Teatro  completo  di  Shakspeare.  The  complete  dramatic  works. 
Translated  by  Carlo  Rusconi.  Torino:  Unione  Tipografico — 
Editrice  Torinese.  1859.  7  vols.  5"  x  7r/".  About  pp.  400 
each.     L8.50  for  the  set. 

One  of  the  old  editions,  unsatisfactory  in  many  respects, 
but  still  readable  and  serviceable  for  ordinary  use.  It  is 
newly  printed  from  old  plates  that  are  in  fair  condition. 
The  paper  is  passable. 


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Mu 


SIC 


Among  Italian  workingmen  you  will  often  find  not  only 
a  passion  for  music,  but  a  very  astonishing  knowledge  of  it. 
I  have  a  memory  of  my  first  summer  night  in  Venice 
when  there  was  wondrous  singing  of  Rigoletto  and  Don  Gio- 
vanni across  the  Piazza,  while  the  bells  of  the  Campanile 
marked  the  hour  of  two.  I  thought  that  they  were  cer- 
tainly artists  returning  from  the  opera.  But  they  were 
not.  They  were  night  workers  of  the  first  shift,  who  had 
been  coaling  ships  in  the  harbor.  A  surprising  experi- 
ence, but  soon  matched  after  you  have  made  friends  with 
Italian  workingmen. 

In  Mount  Vernon,  New  York,  a  city  of  31,000  inhabitants, 
the  librarian  has  found  that  opera  librettos  havie  been 
very  eagerly  read — and  this  to  such  an  extent,  that  the 
library  now  has  more  than  200  of  them  on  its  shelves, 
each  stitched  at  the  library  in  a  heavy  red  paper  cover. 
Pains  have  been  taken  to  select  those  editions  giving  Eng- 
lish on  one  side,  and  Italian  on  the  other.  In  many  cases 
it  has  been  possible  to  choose  librettos  which  contain  ex- 
cerpts of  the  most  famous  music  in  the  opera  score. 

LIBRETTOS. 

G.  Ricordi  &  Company,  14  East  43rd  Street,  New  York, 
the  American  Branch  of  the  great  Italian  firm  of 
music  publishers,  issue  many  librettos  in  Italian,  a  few 
in  English  and  Italian.  6^"x9^''  Prices  vary  from  L  .50 
to  L  2.  No  music  included  in  these.  Almost  any  special 
needs  concerning  Italian  music  can  be  met  by  Ricordi. 
Catalogue  on  request. 

Charles  H.  Ditson  &  Co.,  8  East  34th  Street,  New  York, 
publish  47  librettos  in  English  and  Italian,  all  with 
selections  of  popular  airs  from  the  vocal  score.  6^''x9^'^". 
2Sc   each.     Catalogue   on   request. 

G.  •  Schirmer,  3  East  43rd  Street,  New  York,  pub- 
lishes 7  librettos  in  Italian  and  English,  2  sizes,  6"x8^'' 
and  7"xlOj^'',  25c  and  35c.  These  include  the  newest 
operas  by  Wolf-Ferrari,  very  popular  with  Italians.  No 
music  included.     Catalogue  on  request. 

COLLECTIONS  OF  SONGS. 
Anthology  of  Italian  Song,  17th  and  ISth  centuries.     New 
York:    Schirmer,    1898,   2   vols.   7y2''xlOV4"   op.    144,    145. 

—  68  — 


Paper  $1.00  each,  cloth  $2.00.  The  words  of  the  songs 
arc  in  Italian  and  English,  biographical  notes  of  the 
composers  in  English  only;  music,  with  piano  accompani- 
ment. >.|  /.afflij 

The  Prima  Donna's  Album.  Edited  by  Josiah  Pittmann,  New 
York:  Schirmer,  1898,  7"  x  lOVf .  pp.  328.  Paper  $1.50,  cloth 
$2.50.  Forty-one  famous  arias  and  cavatinas,  represent- 
ing all  of  the  leading  Italian  composers,  as  well  as  Mo- 
zart, Weber,  and  Meyerbeer,  whose  operatic  writings  are 
largely  in  the  Italian  style;  text  in  Italian  and  English, 
music  with  piano  accompaniment. 

Operatic  Anthology,  Celebrated  arias  selected  from  the 
works  of  old  and  modern  composers.  Edited  by  Max 
Spicker,  New  York:  Schirmer,  1903;  5  vols.,  arranged  by 
voices:  soprano,  alto,  tenor,  baritone,  bass,  pp.  285,  263, 
234,  261,  254,  respectively.  7^"xll",  paper  $1.50  each, 
cloth  $2.50.  The  words  of  the  songs  are  in  their  original 
language,  and  in  English;  arias  in  the  "Prima  Donna's 
Album"  are  not  repeated  here.  The  six  volumes  give  an 
admirable  summary  of  the  best  in  the  operatic  literature 
of  all  time. 

Neapolitan  Songs.  Edited  by  Eduardo  Marzo,  New  York: 
Schirmer,  1905.  7%"  x  11",  pp.  80  $1.00.  19  Neapolitan  folk 
and  popular  songs,  words  in  Italian  and  English,  music  with 
piano  accompaniment. 

Echoes  of  Naples.  Edited  by  Mario  Favilli,  New  York: 
Ditson.  1909,  9K"xl2",  pp.  87.  $1.25.  30  Neapolitan  songs, 
words  in  Italian  and  English. 

FOUR  BOOKS. 

*  BRAGAGNOLO,  (G.)  e  BETTAZZI  (E.)  La  vita  di  Giu- 
seppe  Verdi.  Milano :  G.  Ricordi  e  C.  1905.  5"  x  7^".  pp. 
350.    L2. 

Well  illustrated — Given  prize  at  national  memorial  cere- 
monies in  Milan  in  honor  of  Verdi. 

CHECCHI,   E.     La  vita  di  Rossini.     Firenze :   G.   Barbera. 
1898.    5"x7".    pp.  183.    L2. 
A  short  and  simple  biography. 

^  MAGRINI,  G.    Manuale  di  musica.     (Theory  &  Practice  for 
Families  and  Schools).     Milano:  Ulrico  Hoepli,  n.  d.    4^"  x 
'6".    pp.414.    L4. 

*  UNTERSTEINER.  ALFREDO.    Storia  delta  musica.     Mi 
lano :  Ulrico  Hoepli.    1910.    4^"  x  6".  pp.  423.    L  4. 
Admirable  little  summary  of  the  history  of  music. 

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THE  PHONOGRAPH. 

Librarians  are  more  and  more  taking  up  the  question 
of  combining  entertainment  with  instruction.  The  phono- 
graph offers  great  possibilities,  especially  for  work  with 
immigrants,  and  is  comparatively  inexpensive. 

For  $50  can  be  bought  a  moderate  sized  machine,  suffi- 
cient to  give  enjoyable  music  in  a  hall  seating  300  people. 
The  most  popular  foreign  records  are  double  faced.  10" 
discs,  costing  75c.  Records  of  the  more  famous  singers 
vary  in  price  from  $2  to  $7.  These  records  average  3  to 
4  minutes  in  length,  and  with  one  winding,  3-10"  or 
2-12"  records  may  be  played.  Such  machines  do  not 
easily  get  out  of  order,  and  if  care  is  taken  that  they  are 
not  scratched,  the  records  are  practically  indestructible. 

Italian  lists  of  records  in  the  catalogues  offer  a  rather 
remarkable  selection  of  dance  and  opera  music,  folk 
songs,  national  airs,  and  some  speaking  records  in  Eng- 
lish and  Italian.  The  opera  records  give  in  great  variety, 
not  only  the  characteristic  work  of  the  most  famous  Ital- 
ian composers,  but  also  a  very  generous  representation  of 
the  more  recent  Italian  school  that  has  proved  so  pop- 
ular. With  regard  to  the  popular  songs  and  speaking 
records  in  Italian,  a  word  of  caution  is  necessary:  They 
should  be  selected  by  some  dependable  adviser,  prefer- 
ably an  Italian,  as  it  has  been  found  that  records  con- 
taining some  very  objectionable  material  are  on  sale. 


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Art,  and  the   Sciences   and   Their 
Applications 


-^  CHERUBIXl,  EUGEXIO.  Storia  dcWarte.  <  The  History 
of  Art).  Firenze:  R.  Bemporad  e  Eiglio.  1909.  5"x7''2". 
pp.  231.     Illustrated.     L2.50. 

Devoted  largely  to  Italian  art.  Though  written  for  chil- 
dren, this  book  would  be  read  with  pleasure  by  many 
adults.     Simple  and  very  attractive  in  manner  and  form. 

LIPPARINI,  G.  Storia  dell'arte.  Firenze:  G.  Barhera. 
1909.     5"x7i^".    pp.448.     Illustrated.     L4. 

This  is  a  slightly  more  advanced  book  than  Cherubini's, 
is  profusely  illustrated,  and  is  also  devoted  largely  to 
Italian  art. 

*  SERRA.  L.  Storia  dell'arte  italiana.  Milano :  Francesco 
Vallardi.  n.  d.  5^"x8^".  pp.  558.  Bound.  525  Illustra- 
tions.    L  8. 

The  history  of  Italian  art  exclusively.  The  book  selected 
by  the  national  society  of  the  Dante  Alighieri  as  a  part 
of  its  gift  libraries. 

*  GALILEI,  GALILEO.  1564-1642.  Prose.  Edited  bv  Augusto 
Conti.    Firenze :  G.  Barbara.    1908.    5"  xJVo".    pp.276.    L  1.30. 

The  dialogues  of  Galileo  are  considered  one  of  the  great 
glories  of  Italian  literature.  This  selection  prepared  for 
school  use  is  highly  thought  of  for  its  practical  educa- 
tional value,  apart  from  its  importance  in  a  literary  way. 

*  STRAFFORELLO.  G.  La  scienca  ricreatira.  Torino:  Fra- 
telli  Bocca.     1900.    4M"x8".    pp.223.    L3. 

A  delightful  book  of  popular  readings  in  science.  In 
short  chapters — never  more  than  six  or  seven  pages  in 
length — such  subjects  are  discussed  as  the  story  of  the 
telegraph,  sleep,  sugar,  photography,  hunger,  thirst,  the 
coal  supply  of  the  world,  the  spectroscope,  our  teeth,  tobacco 
— its  use  and  abuse. 

—  71  — 


*  MACH,  DR.  ERNESTO.  Letture  scientiiiche  popolari. 
Translated  by  A.  Bongioanni  Torino:  Fratelli  Bocca.  1900. 
4^4"  X  8".    pp.  259.    L  3.50. 

Interesting  book  of  science  very  popularly  written.  Chap- 
ters on  the  form  of  liquids,  the  explanation  of  harmony, 
the  velocity  of  light,  why  a  man  has  two  eyes,  symmetry, 
the  conservation  of  energy,  the  part  that  chance  has  in 
inventions   and   discoveries. 

POKORNY-FISCHER.  Storia  illustrata  del  regno  minerale. 
Translated  by  G.  Piolti  and  L.  Colomba.  Torino :  Ermanno 
Loescher.     1907.    6"  x  9".    pp.  176.     Illustrated.     L2.50. 

This  illustrated  "history  of  the  mineral  kingdom"  is 
clearly  and  interestingly  written  and  is  about  of  high 
school  standard. 

CARUEL,  TEODORO.  Storia  illustrata  del  regno  vegetale. 
Edited  by  Oreste  Mattirolo.  Torino :  Ermanno  Loescher. 
1913.    6"x9".    pp.331.    L3.25. 

"Illustrated  history  of  the  vegetable  kingdom" — compan- 
ion volume  to  foregoing. 

CAVAN'NA,  GUELFO.  Zoologia.  Firenze:  G.  C.  Sansoni. 
1909.  5H"x8".  2  vols.  pp.  223,  213.  Illustrated.  L  3.  for 
the  two. 

Excellent  book  of  zoology,  well  illustrated,  and  rather 
simpler  than  the  two  preceding  books. 

GARBASSO,  ANTONIO.  /  progressi  recenti  delta  fisica. 
Roma :  Albrighi,  Segati  e  C.  1911.  6"x9".  Illustrated,  pp. 
300.    L4. 

A  collection  of  lectures  by  well  known  Italian  scientists. 
Not  an  elementary  book.  Treats  of  such  subjects  as 
electricity  and  matter,  the  electric  spark,  spectrum  analy- 
sis, submarines,  dirigibles,  etc. 

MACH,  DR.  ERNESTO.  /  principii  delta  meccanica.  Trans- 
lated by  D.  Gambioli.  Roma:  Albrighi,  Segati  e  C.  1909. 
5^"x8".    pp.547.    Illustrated.    L6. 

Story  of  the  history  and  development  of  the  principles  of 
mechanics,  written  with  the  useful,  the  interesting,  the 
significant  always  in  view.  Very  clearly  and  simply 
written,  but  still  requires  some  education  in  the  elements 
of  algebra  and  geometry. 

-72  — 


VEROI,  ING.  GOMBERTO.  L'abbici  dell'elettrotecmca— 
Libro  per  gli  operai.  The  A  B  C  of  Electro-technics.  Roma : 
Albrighi,  Segati  e  C.  1911.  6"x9".  pp.  291.  Profusely 
illustrated.     L  4.50. 

Covers  rapidly  in  a  popular  but  effective  way  the  princi- 
pal applications  of  electricity  to  the  uses  of  our  civiliza- 
tion, from  the  magnet  to  the  wireless  telegraph.  Included 
are  trolleys,  dynamos,  lighting — from  arc  light  to  mer- 
cury vapor — and  motors.  The  sub-title,  "A  book  for 
workingmen,"  needs  the  explanation  that  this  volume  is 
intended  for  the  higher  technical  workingmen,  who  in 
Italy  in  increasing  numbers  are  going  to  evening  contin- 
uation schools.  It  is  not  as  simple  a  book  as  the  manuals 
noted  in  the  following  list,  but  requires  a  certain  know- 
ledge of  algebra  and  geometry  to  be  read  with  advantage. 

«  FAUSTINI,  A.  Orrori  e  meraviglie  dell'universo.  Roma : 
Albrighi,  Segati  e  C.  1912.  5^"  x  8".  pp.  302.  Well  illus- 
trated.   L3. 

"To  create  interest  in  the  infinite  problems  of  the  uni- 
verse, to  excite  curiosity  and  inspire  to  more  profound 
study."  A  wonder-book  of  nature,  popularizing  science  by 
telling  dramatically  its  story  of  power  and  mystery.  Sub- 
jects: The  Heavens,  the   Earth,  the  Sea,  Man. 

^-  PIPERNO,  DOTT.  ARRIGO.  Salute.  Roma:  Albrighi, 
Segati  e  C.  1907.  5^"x8".  pp.221.  L2. 
"Health,"  a  school  book,  but  like  so  many  other  Italian 
school  books,  alluringly  readable.  A  book  of  literature 
as  well  as  of  hygiene.  Covers  whole  life  of  our  body,  its 
care  and  perils.     Wholesome,  simple,  not  without  humor. 

SALVADORI,  DR.  ROBERTO.  Elementi  di  chimica.  Fi- 
renze:  Successori  Le  Monnier.  1912.  S^"x8".  pp.516.  L  5. 
A  simple  and  fairly  comprehensive  book,  intended  for  the 
standard  of  the  secondary  school. 

*  MOSSO.  ANGELO.  1846-1910.  Fatica.  Milano:  Fratelli 
Treves.    1911.    5"  x  7i^".    pp.351.    L3.50. 

A  popular  book,  dealing  in  a  very  practical  way  with  the 
causes  and  effects  of  "Fatigue,"  from  social  and  individ- 
ual points  of  view. 

A  favorite  book  of  Verdi's.  Contains  account  of  author, 
a  distinguished   scientist,  and  his  work. 

*  GOURAUD,  DR.  F.  X.  Che  hisogna  mangiare?  Translated 
by  Dr.  A.  Cutolo,  Municipal  Chemist  of  Naples.  Napoli :  So- 
cieta  Commerciale  Libraria.  1911.  5"  x  7^^".  pp.  364.  L3. 
A    popular    and    "rational"    discussion,    admirably    arranged, 

—  73  — 


of  food  values  and  digestive  processes.  Excellent  chap- 
ters on  pure  food,  canned  meats,  alcoholic  drinks,  vege- 
tarianism,  ''education   of  the  table." 

GIACOMELLI,  ANTONIETTA.  //  gran  nemico.  Milano: 
Rivista  "Contro  L'Alcoolismo."  1912.  5"  x  7".  pp.  59.  L  .20. 
The  ''Great  Enemy"  Alcohol — a  booklet  widely  sold  and 
distributed  by  the  principal  Italian  temperance  society. 

"DONNA  CLARA."  Dalla  cucina  al  salotto.  Torino:  S 
Lattes  e  C.  1909.  5"  x  7^".  pp.  364.  L  3. 
A  little  encyclopedia  for  housewife  and  mother.  A  chatty 
and  sensible  book  crowded  with  useful  notes.  Chapters 
on  the  kitchen  and  the  preparation  of  food,  with  several 
hundred  recipes.  Also  chapters  on  the  care  of  the  body 
and  clothes,  the  care  and  ventilation  of  the  house;  social 
suggestions;  flowers  in  the  house,  first  aid,  the  medicine 
closet,  family  finances,  and  an  admirable,  well  illustrated 
chapter  on  the  baby.  All  written  from  the  view  point  of 
simple  science. 


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Other  Useful  Books 

The  Popular  **  Manuals  " 


As  part  of  an  important  movement  in  Italy  to  popularize 
knowledge,  several  series  of  useful  and  simple  books  have 
been  issued  by  different  publishers.  They  have  been  of  so 
dependable  and  practical  a  character  that  they  have  been 
widely  used  in  Italy,  and  are  often  found  on  the  shelves 
of  Italian  book-stores  in  the  United  States.  But  often 
these  books  "in  stock"  are  so  wholly  out  of  date  that  a 
special  note  of  warning  is  needed.  The  usefulness  of 
such  manuals  depends  in  great  measure  upon  their  fre- 
quent revision.  Those  that  are  least  popular  are  least 
frequently  reprinted.  It  is  therefore  all  the  more  neces- 
sary to  secure  the  latest  edition,  which  in  every  case  should 
be  ordered  specifically,  either  directly  of  the  publisher,  or 
through  a  responsible  agent. 

MANUALI  HOEPLI.  (The  Hoepli  Manuals)  :  Ulrico  Hoe-;' 
of  Milano,  has  been  publishing  for  many  years  a  series 
of  manuals  of  wide  educational  scope,  treating  in  a  popu- 
lar form  the  various  divisions  of  letters,  arts,  the  sciences 
and  industry.  Nearly  1300  of  these  have  now  been  pub- 
lished. They  are  the  work  of  thoroughly  qualified  spe- 
cialists. They  are  fully  illustrated  and  at  every  reprinting 
are  carefully  corrected  and  brought  up  to  date.  The  books 
are  all  of  the  same  size  4"x6";  are  substantially  bound  in 
cloth;  but  vary,  as  will  be  seen,  in  number  of  pages  and 
price.  Catalogue  may  be  had  on  request  of  the  publisher. 
The  following    are  same  useful  titles: 

AGRICOLTORE,  IL  LIBRO  DELL'.  By  A.  Bruttini.  pp. 
446.     303  illustrations.    L  3.50. 

Covers  nearly  the  whole  field  of  farming  in  a  very  simple  and 
practical  way.  In  spite  of  differences  in  climate  and  soil,  this 
book  would  be  a  great  practical  help  as  an  introduction  to 
farming  in  this  country;  for  the  greater  part  of  the  book  is 
concerned  with  agriculture  in  Northern  Italy. 

ARTTMETICA  E  GEOMETRIA  DELL'OPERATO.  Bv 
E.  Giorli.    pp.  220.    L2. 

This  is  a  simple  book  of  elementary  mathematics  especially 
prepared  for  the  working  man. 

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ASTRONOMIA.  The  translation  of  the  well  known  little 
book  by  Lockyer,  revised,    pp.  255.    L  1.50. 

BOTANICA.  Translation  of  Hooker's  primer,  carefully  re- 
vised to  1910.    pp.  144.    L  1.50. 

CHAUFFEUR.  By  Pedretti.  pp.  902.  881  illustrations. 
L  6.50. 

This  is  the  text  book  of  the  principal  schools  for  chauffeurs 
and  of  the  aviation  schools  in  Italy.  It  has  been  found  very 
widely  useful,  even  in  this  country,  and  a  new  edition  has 
just  appeared. 

CHIMICA,  (Chemistry),    pp.231.    L  1.50. 
A  new  book  by  E.  Ricci,  based  upon  Roscoe. 

DISEGNO.     By  C.  Boito.    5th  edition,    pp.  206.    L  2. 
The  principles  of  design. 

ELETTRICITA.    By  G.  Marchi— in  press. 

This   is  an  elementary  book,  dealing  with  the  principles  of 

electricity. 

EVOLUZIONE.    By  C.  Fenizia.    pp.389.    L3. 
This  manual  gives  succinctly  the  history  and  development  of 
the   theory   of    evolution,    with   a   bibliography   covering   the 
ground  in  fuller  detail. 

FABBRO-FERRAIO.  By  G.  Belluomini.  pp.  242.  233  illus- 
trations.   L2.50. 

This  is  a  practical  handbook  for  the  blacksmith,  containing 
much  elemental,  as  well  as  much  advanced,  information  useful 
to  him,  including  elements  of  mathematics,  principles  of  meas- 
urement, tempering  and  working  of  the  metal,  etc. 

FALEGNAME.    By  I.  Andreani.    pp.  295.    264  illustrations. 

L3. 

The  carpenter's  handbook,  giving  the  detail  of  the  work  of  his 

trade,  from  the  first  steps  in  handling  wood  and  making  the 

simplest  joints,  to  the  advanced  work  of  the  master  mechanic. 

FISICA.    By  0.  Murani.    pp.  710.    407  illustrations.    L4. 
Handbook   of   physics — the   ninth   edition — carefully    revised 
and  brought  up  to  date. 

FOTOGRAFIA.    By  L.  Sassi.    pp.  205.    Numerous  illustra- 
tions.   L2. 
The  first    steps  in  photography. 

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FRUTTICOLTURA  By  D.  Tamaro.  pp.  232.  113  illustra- 
tions.   L  2.50. 

This  is  the  sixth  edition,  revised  and  enlarged,  and  gives  much 
information  that,  in  spite  of  differences  in  climate  and  soil, 
would  still  be  very  useful  to  the  Italian  farmer  or  fruit-grower 
in  this  country. 

GEOGRAFIA.  Bv  G.  Grove.  Translated  by  G.  Galletti. 
pp.  160.    L1.50. 

GEOLOGIA.    This  is  Geikie's  book,  translated,  rewritten  and 

revised  by  A.  Stoppani  and  G.  Mercalli.  pp.  180.  Many  illus- 
trations.   L  1.50. 

GIARDINIERE.  By  A.  Pucci.  2  vols.  L3.50  each. 
The  first  volume  has  to  do  with  the  garden  and  flower  culture, 
and  takes  up  such  details  as  the  elements  of  botany,  planning 
of  the  garden,  preparation  of  the  soil,  selection  and  planting 
of  the  seed,  care  of  young  plants,  acclimation,  the  diseases  of 
plants,  animals  and  insects  harmful  to  plants,  the  vegetable 
garden,  selling.  The  second  volume  deals  entirely  with  orna- 
mental plants. 

LAVORI   FEMMINTLI.     By   Teresita   and   Flora    Oddone. 
pp.  543.    822  illustrations,  with  48  plates.    L  5.50. 
This   book   is    entirely   devoted    to   embroidery,   lace-making, 
crocheting  and  knitting,  and  various  forms  of  fancy  work. 

MECCANICA.^  By  R.  Stawell  Ball,  translated  by  J.  Benetti. 
5th  edition,  revised,    pp.  198.    Numerous  illustrations.    L  1.50. 

MICROSCOPIC.  By  C.  Acqua.     pp.230.    L2. 

An  elementary  handbook  for  the  use  of  the  microscope. 

MINERALOGIA  GENERALE.    By  L.  Bombicci.    3d  edition, 
revised,     pp.  220.     With  numerous  illustrations,  and  colored 
plates.    L  1.50. 
A  general  introductory  book  on  mineralogy. 

MURATORE,  JL.     By  I.  Andreani.     pp.  290.     235  illustra- 
tions.   L  3. 
A  practical  handbook  for  the  mason. 

NAVIGAZIONE  AEREA.     By  A.  De-Maria,     pp.  338.     103 

illustrations.    L  3.50. 

A  new  edition  of  this  book  is  now  in  press. 

OPERAIO,  MANUALE  DELL',    pp.  272.     L2. 

A  book  of  useful  information  for  the  workman.  By  work- 
man  in  this  book  is  meant  chiefly  the  metal  worker.     The 

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book  consists  largely  of  practical  suggestions  with  regard  to 
the  mixing  of  alloys  and  the  preparation  of  solders,  casting 
and  working  metals,  together  with  recipes  for  the  prepara- 
tion of  varnish,  chapters  on  the  transmission  of  power,  and 
the  building  of  pumps,  with  a  variety  of  useful  tables. 

PANE,  IL.  By  G.  Ercolani.  pp.  261.  Numerous  illustra- 
tions and  tables.    L3. 

This  book  goes  in  considerable  detail  into  the  grinding  of  the 
grain,  the  qualities  of  flour,  the  preparation  of  yeast  and  the 
entire  operation  of  making  bread. 

PARRUCCHIERE,  MANUALS  DEL.    By  A.  Liberati.    pp. 
219.     Numerous  illustrations.    L2.50. 
A  practical  barber's  book. 

PASTICCIERE  E  CONFETTIERE  MODERNO.  By  G 
Ciocca.  pp.  274.  300  illustrations,  36  colored  tables.  L8.50- 
The  modern  pastry  cook  and  confectioner's  handbook,  a  col- 
lection of  many  recipes  and  practical  directions. 

POLLICOLTURA.  By  G.  Trevisani.  pp.  224.  With  numer- 
ous illustrations.     L2.50. 

This  manual  has  to  do  not  merely  with  the  ordinary  barn- 
yard fowls,  but  includes  also  doves,  pigeons  and  pheasants. 

SARTO   TAGLLATORE  ITALIANO.     By   G.    Peterlongo. 

pp.  232.     With  47  tables.     L3.50. 

A  theoretical  and  practical  manual   for  the  cutter  of  men's 

clothes. 

TELEGRAFO  SENZA  FILI  E  ONDE  HERTZIANE.     By 
O.  Murani.    pp.  397.    With  numerous  cuts.    L4.50. 
This  is  the  second  edition  of  a  very  popular  little  book  on 
wireless  telegraphy  and  Hertzian  waves. 

VETERINARIO.  By  C.  Roux  and  V.  Lari.  pp.  306.  With 
illustrations.     L3.S0. 

The  veterinary's  handbook,  filled  with  useful  information  of 
many  kinds  and  numerous  recipes. 

VITICOLTURA.  By  O.  Ottavi.  pp.  232.  Illustrated.  L2. 
This  is  the  sixth  edition,  revised  and  enlarged,  of  this  very 
popular  book  on  vine-growing. 

VALLARDI'S  BIBLIOTECA  POPOLARE  DI  COLTURA. 
The  publishing  house  of  Antonio  Vallardi,  of  Milano,  has 
recently  begun  the  publication  of  a  series  of  popular  Man- 
uals known     as    the    '"Biblioteca    Popolare    di    Coltura." 

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Most  of  them  are  practical  in  purpose  and  extremely 
simple  in  form.  They  are  well  illustrated,  have  a  strong 
paper  binding, — size  4^"  x  7^" — contain  from  128  to  144 
pages,  and  are  sold  at  the  uniform  price  of  L  .60  each. 
Each  book  has  been  prepared  by  a  thoroughly  competent 
writer,  and  all  those  examined — twelve  have  been  carefully 
examined — have  been  brightly  and  interestingly  written.  The 
following  titles  are  selected  from  the  thirty- five  books  that 
have  been  published. 

No.  1.     PALLONI  DIRIGIBILI— Dirigible  Balloons. 

No.     3.     POLLI  E  POLLAI— An  excellent  little  book  on 

chickens  and  chicken  houses. 

No.     4.     LA  LOCOMOTIVA— The  history,  development 

and  gradual  perfection  of  the  locomotive. 

No.  6.  LA  CERAMICA  NELLA  STORL\,  NELL'ARTE  E 
NELL'INDUSTRL\ — Ceramics,  in  history,  art,  and  industry. 

No.    8.     DINAMO   E   MOTORI— Dynamos  and  motors, 
their  history,  theory,  construction  and  working. 
No.     IL      L'AEROPLANO— The     history    and     theory    of 
the  aeroplane. 

No.   12.     CONCIMI  E  CONCIMAZIOXI— Fertilizers. 
Nos.  13  &  14.     L'AUTOMOBILE— The  history  and  the- 
ory of  the  automobile,  its  motors,  etc. 
No.  15.     LA  NAVE  E  LA  NAVIGAZIONE. 
An  extremely  interesting  and  informing  little  book,  tell- 
ing   of   the    development    of   the    ship,    from    the    earliest 
times  in  its  simplest  forms,  to  the  giant  ocean  steamers 
of  today.     Admirably  illustrated. 

No.  17.     IL  MONDO  POLARE— The  Polar  world. 

No.  18.  LA  CARTA — The  history,  manufacture  and  spe- 
cial product?  of  paper. 

No.  19.  I  RAGGI  RONTGEN— The  Rontgen  rays  and 
their  most  important  applications. 

No.  20.     NOZIONI    DI    FRUTTICOLTURA— Hints    on 

fruit   growing. 

No.  21.  MICROBII — A  very  useful  and  interesting  little  book 
on  popular  hygiene :  The  germ  theory  of  disease,  and  methods 
of  disinfection  and  prevention. 

No.  23.     T   CIELI — Popular  introduction  to  astronomy. 
One  of  the  most  successful  and  interesting  books  of  the 
series.     It  opens  with  a  little  history  of  astronomy.  There 
are   excellent   chapters   on    the   sun.    the   earth,   the    measure 
of  time,  the  problem  of  origins. 

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No.  24.     GLI  ALIMENTI   E   LE  LORO   FALSIFICA- 
ZIONI — Foods  and  their  adulteration. 
No.  27.     IL  RICAMO  NELLA  STORIA  E  NELUARTE 
^Embroidery  in  history  and  art. 

No.  28.     GLI    ARABI    NELLA    STORIA    E    NELLA 
CIVILTA — The  Arabs  in  history  and  in  civilization. 
No.  29.     IL  CEMENTO  E  LE  SUE  APPLICAZIONI— 
Cement  and  its  use. 
No.  31.     IL  VINO— Wine. 

No.  34.  LA  SALUTE  DELL'OPERAIO— The  health  of 
the  workman.  An  excellent  little  book,  especially  recom- 
mended. 

No.  35.  FERRO,  ACCIAIO  E  LORO  LAVORAZIONE 
— Iron  and  steel  and  how  they  are  worked. 


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Books  of  Reference 


ATLAS. 
MARINELLI,  PROF.  OLTNTO.     Atlante  scolastico  di  geo- 
grafia  moderna.     Milano :  Antonio  Vallardi.     1912.     2  parts. 
14"  X  12".    20,  18  maps.    L  3.50  each. 

A  very  simple,  clear  and  practical  atlas.  Of  special  in- 
terest and  use  to  the  Italian  for  the  importance  given  to 
Italy  and  Central  Europe,  the  United  States,  Brazil  and 
the  Argentine. 

DICTIONARIES. 
PETROCCHI,  P.    Disionario  universale  della  lingua  italiana. 
Milano:    Fratelli    Treves.      1910.     7" x  lOj^".     2   vols.     pp. 
1286,  1288.    L25  for  the  two. 

The  popular  unabridged  Petrocchi.  By  many  considered  the 
best  for  practical  use  of  the  many  good  Italian  dictionaries. 

Piccolo  dizionario  universale.  Milano:  Antonio  Vallardi. 
1906.    4^"x6H".    pp.1159.    L4.50. 

Excellent  Italian  dictionary  in  small  compass,  includes 
useful  little  encyclopedia  of  arts,  sciences,  biography,  his- 
tory, mythology,  geography. 

MILLHOUSE  (JOHN)  and  BRACCIFORTI  (FERDI- 
NANDO).  English-Italian  and  Italian-English.  New  York: 
D.  Appleton  &  Co.  1912.  2  vols.  5"  x  8".  pp.  741,  854. 
$5.50  for  the  two. 

The  well  known  and  long  the  standard  dictionary  in  both 
languages,  simple  in  arrangement  and  use. 

TAUCHNITZ  POCKET  DICTIONARY.  English-Italian 
and  Italian-English.  By  J.  E.  Wessely,  revised  and  rewritten 
by  G.  Rigutini  and  G.  Payn.  New  York :  Lemcke  &  Buechner. 
1912.  1  vol.  Bound.  4^"  x  6^".  pp.  226,  199.  $.75. 
Clearly  printed  on  good  paper.  Proper  names  and  irreg- 
ular verbs  both  English  and  Italian.  Strongly  bound. 
For  its  size  and  cost  the  best  little  dictionary  available. 

EDGREN  (DR.HJALMAR),BICO  (GIUSEPPE)  &GERIG 
(JOHN  L.).  Italian  and  English  Dictionary.  Italian-English 
and  English-Italian.  New  York:  Henry  Holt  &  Co.  1902. 
6"  X  8H".    1  vol.    pp.  576,  452.    $3.00. 

A  serviceable  dictionary  in  both  languages.  Regarded  as 
in    many   respects — scholarly   respects — an    advance    over 

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all  similar  dictioiiar'es,  hut  it  is  not  simple,  and  is  em- 
phatically a  book  for  the  student. 

CARENA-SERGENT-GORTNI.  Nuoyo  vocabolario  di  arti 
e  niesiieri.  Milano  :  Francesco  Pagnoni.  n.  d.  4^4"  x  7".  pp. 
394.     L3. 

A  useful  little  dict'onary  of  arts  and  trades,  arranged  un- 
der subject  headings. 

Kiioz'o  vocabolario  domestico.  Milano:  Francesco  Pagnoni.  n, 
d.    4>>4"x7".    pp.  413.    L3. 

A  dictionary  of  the  household  and  of  daily  life,  arranged 
under  subject  headings. 

ENCYCLOPEDIA. 

GAROLLO.  G.  Pkcola  enciclo.^edia  Hoepli.  A-D.  (To  be 
completed  in  three  volumes).  Milano:  Ulrico  Hoepli.  1913. 
434"  X  7".     pp.  1522.     L  12.50  for  first  vol. 

Very  comprehensive  little  encyclopedia,  and  the  only  one 
moderate  in  price  and  recent.  Articles  are  short,  but  ac- 
curate and  unusually  informing.  The  first  volume  is 
ready;  the  second  is  in  press:  and  it  is  expected  that  the 
third  will  be  delivered  this  year. 


YEAR  BOOKS. 
ALMANACCO  ITALIANO.    Firenze:  R.  Bemporad  e  Figlio. 
1914.    5"x7i^".    pp.  1000.    L3.50. 

Annual  handbook  of  stafstics  and  facts  of  the  world's 
progress,  with  special  reference  to  Italy.  To  be  compared 
with  our  popular  almanacs  of  reference.  But  abundantly 
illustrated;  and  is  as  well  a  kind  of  readable  and  popular 
encyclopedia.  Contains  interesting  chapters  on  the 
Italian  Government  and  the  colonies  of  Italy,  model 
working-men's  dwell'ngs  in  Italy,  on  "Europe  in  Figures," 
on  astronomy,  art,  industr3\  aeroplanes,  sport,  hygiene. 

ALMANACCO  DELLO  SPORT.  1914.  Firenze:  R.  Bem- 
porad e  Figlio.     1914     5"x7^".    pp.350.    L1.50. 

In  addition  to  topics  of  sport  in  which  an  American 
would  be  interested,  the  Italian  sportsman's  almanac  pays 
special  attention  to  wrestk'ng.  swimming,  running,  moun- 
tain climbing,  shooting  and  fencing.  There  are  also  good 
articles  on  the  relations  between  sport  and  literature, 
sport  and  art,  and  sport  and  hygiene. 

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ANXUARIO  DELL'ITALIA  ALL'ESTERO  E  DELLE  SUE 
COLONIE.  Issued  by  the  Istituto  Coloniale  Italiano.  Roma: 
Aristide  Staderini.  1911.  Bound  in  boards.  7^"  x  10".  pp. 
759.    LS. 

A  treasury  of  facts  and  statistics,  regarding  Italian  col- 
onies and  Italians  and  Italian  interests  beyond  the  seas. 

LA  NOSTRA  FLOTTA  MILITARE.  Torino:  S.  Lattes  e 
C  1913.  6"x9".  pp.207.  L4.  Well  illustrated,  with  maps. 
Our  Italian  immigrants  are  deeply  interested  in  Italy's 
navy,  and  this  attractive  book  gives  abundant  detail  of 
its  development  and  the  present  condition  of  every  arm 
of  the  service,  with  many  pictures  and  detail  drawings  of 
every  kind  of  war  vessel. 


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Periodicals  and  Newspapers 


With  the  rapid  industrial  progress  of  Italy  during  the  last 
ten  years,  journalism  has  been  making  rapid  strides.  The 
newspapers  are  far  more  widely  read.  They  have  grown 
larger;  they  are  fuller  of  news,  and  more  interestingly  and 
popularly  written.  And  in  certain  respects,  the  collection 
and  treatment  of  the  news,  the  larger  and  more  striking 
headlines,  the  breaking  up  of  the  formal  columns,  newspaper 
standards  have  been  set  that  might  be  called  characteristically 
American.  The  signed  article  is  a  very  distinctive  feature 
of  the  Italian  press.  Many  eminent  authors,  university  pro- 
fessors, scientists  and  statesmen  write  for  the  daily  papers  of 
Italy  over  their  own  signatures.  Notable  in  this  way  is  the 
important  article  or  interview  on  burning  questions  of  the 
hour,  given  by  long  distance  telephone. 

The  list  selected  is  a  very  short  one,  and  of  necessity  has 
been  confined  to  the  smallest  possible  number  of  newspapers 
that  would  represent  in  a  summary  way  the  most  important 
sections  of  Italy  and  the  very  best  of  Italian  journalism. 
A  number  of  considerations  bear  upon  the  choice  of  an 
Italian  paper  for  a  library.  It  is  not  always  a  question  of 
the  selection  of  the  best,  or  one  politically  acceptable,  or  one 
attractive  for  a  popular  staff  of  writers.  The  choice  will 
often  be  dictated  by  learning  from  what  part  of  Italy  the 
library's  readers  chiefly  come.  The  Sicilian,  or  the  Neapoli- 
tan, will  naturally  prefer  to  read  a  paper  that  will  give  him 
the  news  from  his  home  province  than  one  giving  much 
space  to  local  items  from  a  wholly  different  section  of  Italy. 
Italian  journalism  has  made  rapid  progress  in  the  United 
States  during  the  last  five  years.  More  than  200  Italian 
papers  and  periodicals  of  various  kinds  are  now  being  printed 
in  this  country  in  Italian.  Their  quality  is  continually  im- 
proving, and  they  are  being  more  and  more  widely  read. 
Some  of  them  reprint  the  most  important  articles  published 
in  the  papers  of  Italy.  Some  have  a  cooperative  arrangement 
with  the  large  papers  of  Italy,  and  are  able  to  publish  simul- 
taneously news  of  special  interest  to  Italians,  and  cable- 
grams from  the  Argentine  Republic  and  Brazil.  On  the 
whole,  the  Italian  papers  in  the  United  States  are  of  local 
importance,  and  choice  among  them  is  apt  to  be  rather  im- 
peratively dictated  by  the  Italian  readers  of  each  library. 
With  the  development  of  the  new  national  habit  of  reading, 
the  Italian  magazines  and  reviews  have  rapidly  improved  in 

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quality  and  interest;  and  they  have  very  rapidly  increased  in 
number.  Their  development  has  been  along  the  lines  of 
both  French  and  American  periodicals,  and  in  the  list  here 
printed,  the  most  popular,  representative  and  useful  have 
been  chosen. 

Periodicals 

LA  NUOVA  ANTOLOGIA.  Illustrated  Monthly.  Piazza  di 
Spagna.     Roma.     L46  yearly. 

The  monthly  magazine  of  greatest  distinction  and  im- 
portance published  in  Italy.  It  suggests  a  combination  of 
the  North  American  Review,  the  Atlantic  and  the  World's 
Work.  It  deals  with  politics,  science,  art,  poetry,  liter- 
ature. Many  reviews.  Prints  fiction.  Live  and  open- 
minded.  Prof.  Rava,  the  new  Minister  of  Finance,  is  a 
distinguished  member  of  its  staff. 

RASSEGNA  CONTEMPORANEA.  Fortnightly.  C.  A. 
Bontempelli,  Corso  L^mberto  I,  160,  Roma.  L36  yearly. 
Ably  edited  review.  Scope:  Literature,  politics,  history, 
economics,  sociology,  fiction.  To  be  compared  in  certain 
respects  to  some  of  the  English  reviews.  Has  a  marked 
scholarly  flavor.     Open  to  the  new  currents  of  thought. 

RIVISTA  POPOLARE.  Fortnightly.  Corso  Vittorio 
Emanuele,  115,  Napoli.    L  8  yearly. 

A  serious  and  extremely  well  informed  and  interesting 
review  of  politics,  letters  and  social  science.  Edited  by 
the  distinguished  economist  and  sociologist  and  uncom- 
promising republican,  Prof.  Xapoleone  Colajanni.  Con- 
tains an  excellent  department  of  Review  of  Reviews,  with 
reprints  of  important  articles  from  the  best  newspapers 
and  magazines  of  other  nations.  Pays  much  attention  to 
questions  of  international  politics  and  the  social  progress 
of  the  world. 

MINERVA.  Fortnightly.  Unione  Tipografico-Editrice  Tor- 
inese,  via  Cicerone,  56,  Roma.  L  14  yearly. 
The  Italian  Review  of  Reviews.  Not  merely  in  plan,  but 
actually,  international.  Gives  more  space  to  foreign  pub- 
lications than  it  does  to  those  of  Italy.  Follows  closely 
all  important  questions  and  has  the  art  of  making  clip- 
pings  interesting. 

L'lLLUSTRAZIONE  ITALIANA.  Illustrated  Weekly. 
Fratelli  Treves.    Milano.  L48  yearly. 

Gives  a  graphic  weekly  story  of  the  world's  progress, 
paying  special  attention  to  the  life  and  important  events  of 

—  85- 


Italy.  It  gives  considerable  space  to  literary,  scientific, 
artistic  matters,  and  important  discoveries.  Beautifully 
illustrated.  The  most  popular  of  all  Italian  periodicals. 
In  the  hotels,  restaurants  and  "caffes"  of  Italy  you  always 
have  to  wait  until  somebody  else  finishes  with  the  "lUus- 
trazione." 

LA  LETTURA.  Illustrated  Monthly,  via  Solferino,  8. 
Milano.    L  8  yearly. 

A   cheap  monthly  magazine   with   illustrated   cover. 
Contains    many    short    stories    and    continued    novels,     also 
short    and    interesting    articles:     travel,    politics,    liiograph- 
ical  sketches,  art,  etc.    Very  popular,  and  clean. 

LA  VITA  ITALIANA  ALL'ESTERO.  Monthly,  via  Due 
Macelli,  9,  Roma.     L  12  yearly. 

Devoted  to  the  interests  of  Italy  and  Italians  abroad. 
Emigration  is  the  first  of  these  interests,  but  foreign  poli- 
tics and  the  colonies  receive  much  attention.  Well  writ- 
ten, with  distinguis'hed  list  of  contributors. 

EMPORIUM.  Illustrated  Monthly.  Istituto  Italiano  d'Arti 
Grafiche,  Bergamo.    L  13  yearly. 

Monthly  review  of  art,  also  including  in  a  minor  way 
literature  and  science.  Well  and  profusely  illustrated. 
Though  devoted  chiefly  to  Italian  art,  it  gives  much  space 
to  the  art  of  other  countries.     Well  informed. 

LO  SPORT  ILLUSTRATO.  Illustrated  Fortnightly.  Corso 
di  Porta  Nuova,  19,  Milano.    L  15  yearly. 

Well  printed  and  well  illustrated  record  of  every  sporting 
interest.  Water  sports,  wrestling,  motoring,  the  aero- 
plane, running  and  jumping,  tennis  fill  most  of  the  space. 
A  new  recent  interest,  now  exciting  wider  and  wider  at- 
tention, is  foot-ball. 

Newspapers 

IL  CORRIERE  DELLA  SERA.  Daily,  via  Solferino,  28, 
Milano.  L36  yearly.  With  "La  Lettura,"  (See  "Periodi- 
cals.") L43.  yearly.  With  La  Lettura  &  La  Domenica  del 
Corriere  (a  colored  Sunday  supplement — popular).  L  50 
yearly. 

Commonly  considered  the  best  newspaper  of  Italy  and 
with  high  rank  among  the  newspapers  of  the  world. 
Honest,  clean, — "a  family  paper" — thoroughly  abreast  of 
the  world's  progress.  Has  excellent  foreign  news  service. 
Printed  in  Milan,  but  read  throughout  Italy  and  abroad 
on    account    of    its    quality.      Articles    by    prominent    states- 

—  86  — 


men  frequently  appear  in  its  columns.  Minister  of  State  Luz- 
zatti,  Minister  of  Education  Daneo  and  Minister  of  Agricul- 
ture Cavasola  have  written  for  it  for  years.  The  vivid  articles 
— see  "Travel" — on  Mexico  by  Luigi  Barzini,  one  of  its 
travelling  correspondents,  famous  throughout  Italy,  were  re- 
printed day  by  day  in  the  London  TelegrapTi  and  the  Xew 
York  World. 

L.-\  STAMPA.  Dailv.  via  Davide  Bertolotti,  3,  Torino. 
L  35.50  yearly. 

Stands  high  even  compared  with  the  best  papers  of  the 
continent.  It  also  has  excellent  foreign  news  service,  and 
an  able  staff  of  writers.  Giuseppe  Bevione — see  "Travel"* 
— has  contributed  several  important  series  of  articles  to 
its  columns,  which  in  matters  of  foreign  policy  affecting 
the  Argentine  Republic,  Tripoli  and  Asia  Minor  have  power- 
fully influenced  public  opinion,  and  government  action.  The 
"Stampa"  is  often  compared  to  the  "Corriere."  Though 
serious  in  character,  it  is,  however,  more  brightly  written. 

LA  TRIBUNA.      Daily,    via  Milano,  67.  Roma.    L  34  yearly. 

The  official  organ  of  the  successive  governments  of  Italy. 
An  admirably  written,  progressive,  well  informed  paper, 
which  has  maintained  its  high  character  unchanged  for 
many  years.  Like  nearly  all  continental  papers,  and 
many  of  our  own,  it  runs  a  continued  novel,  and  prints 
many  clever  sketches.  It  has  an  able  staff  of  writers, 
among  them  "Rastignac,"  the  pen  name  of  Vincenzo  Morello, 
one  of  the  best  known  editorial  writers  of  Italy. 

JL  GIORXALE  DTTALIA.  Daily.  Palazzo  Sciarra.  Roma. 
L  34    yearly. 

Ably  represents  one  of  the  wings  of  the  liberal  party. 
Honest,  clean,  w-ell  written.  Prime  Minister  Salandra  and 
Marquis  San  Giuliano,  now  Minister  of  Foreign  Affairs,  have 
been  for  a  number  of  years  two  of  its  principal  writers.  So, 
too,  Diego  Angeli.  well  known  in  Italy  as  novelist,  art  critic, 
satirist  and  Translator  of  Shakespeare.  A  number  of  well 
known  Nationalist  writers,  such  as  Federzoni,  Bellonci  and 
Maraviglia  contribute  frequently  to  its  columns. 

IL  MATTIXO.  Daily.  Galleria  Umberto  I,  Napoli.  L  33 
yearly. 

The  best  paper  of  Naples,  ably  edited  by  the  well  known 
journalist  Enrico  Scarfoglio.  The  Mattino  has  made 
rapid  progress  during  the  last  few  years,  enlarging  its 
scope  and  gaining  in  popularity  and  influence. 

—  S7  — 


IL  GIORNALE  DI  SICILIA.    Daily.    Piazza  Stazione  Ccn- 

trale,  Palermo.    Sicily.    L  55.  yearly. 

Commonly   considered   the  best  of  the  papers   of   Sicily. 

Like  the  other  important  papers  of  Italy,  it  devotes  much 

space   to   foreign   news.     But  it  gives   more   attention  than 

the  others  mentioned  to  local  matters,  specializing  on  Sicilian 

interests. 


8H- 


Library  Notices,  Rules  and  Friendly 
Helps  in  Italian 


The  greatest  possible  care  should  be  taken  to  see  that  all  notices 
in  Italian  are  correct  in  every  detail  of  wording  and  spelling. 


The  following  notice  in  Italian,  now  revised,  with  its  famil- 
iar appealing  ''thou's",  has  been  pasted  on  the  covers  of  all 
Italian  books  in  the  Librarjr  at  Mount  Vernon,  N.  Y.  It 
has  proved  very  helpful  in  inducing  readers  to  take  better 
care  of  the  books: 


Amico  Lettore! 
Tratta    questo    libro    come 
tratteresti  un  caro  amico. 
Non       spi^azzarlo ;       non 
sp  or  carlo;   non   stracciarlo; 
non  segnarlo  con  la  matita  o 
con  la  penna ;  e  non  portare 
le  dita  alia  bocca  per  vol- 
tarne  le  pagine. 
Pensa  che  esso  deve  anche 
servire  ad  altri  tuoi  compa- 
trioti. 

Se  lo  stracci  o  lo  sporchi, 
dai  un  cattivo  esempio,  e 
impedisci  che  altri  italiani 
ne  traggano  vantaggio. 
Rispetta  questo  libro  per  il 
buon  nome  e  per  il  vantag- 
gio degli  italiani  I 


Friend  Reader! 
Treat  this  book  as  thou 
wouldst  a  dear  friend. 
Do  not  rumple  it;  do  not 
soil  it;  do  not  tear  it;  do 
not  mark  it  with  a  pencil 
or  with  a  pen ;  do  not  mois- 
ten your  fingers  to  turn  its 
pages. 

Think  that  it  must  also  serve 
others  who  are  thy  compat- 
riots. 

To  tear  it  or  to  soil  it 
would  set  a  bad  example, 
and  prevent  other  Italians 
getting  benefit  from  it. 
Respect  this  book  for  the 
good  name  and  for  the  ad- 
vantage of  Italians. 


For  those  who  abuse  books  the  plan  has  been  formed,  also 
at  Mount  Vernon,  of  showing  a  copy  of  a  new  book  that  had 
been  borrowed  only  once  and  then  returned  in  so  bad  a  con- 
dition that  it  could  not  again  be  sent  out,  and  comparing  this 
with  a  copy  of  Dante  that  was  printed  in  Venice  in  1529, 
whose  pages  are  as  clean,  and  in  many  cases  almost  as  white, 
as  when  it  left  the  press  nearly  400  years  ago. 


A  SELECTION  OF  NOTICES  AND  RULES,  REVISED, 
THAT  ARE  BEING  USED  IN  THE  PUBLIC  LI- 
BRARIES OF  NEW  YORK  CITY,  PROVIDENCE  AND 
SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


USO  DELLA  BIBLIOTE- 
CA. 

La  Biblioteca  e  gratuita  per 
tutti. 

I  libri  sono  nella  Biblioteca 
perche  voi  possiate  leggerli 
o  studiarli  o  portarli  a  casa, 
se  avete  la  tessera. 

CHI  PUO  PORTARE  LI- 
BRI A  CASA? 
Voi    lo    potete.      I    vostri 
bambini  lo  possono. 
Chiunque  in  citta  lo  puo. 
OR 

II  lettore  deve  far  firmare  la 
carta  da  una  persona  che  lo 
conosca,  e  il  cui  noma  sia 
registrato  nel  Directory. 

OR 

Qualsiasi  persona  che  risie- 
da  nella  citta,  dando 
opportune  referenze,  puo 
ottenere  il  permesso  di  por- 
tare  libri  a  casa. 
COME  I  LIBRI  SI  POS- 
SONO PRENDERE. 
La  tessera  e  data  gratis.  La 
prima  volta  che  voi  venite, 
se  non  potete  parlare  in- 
glese,  portate  con  voi  un 
fanciullo  o  qualche  persona 
che  vi  possa  far  da  interpre- 
te.  E'  necessario  dare  le 
seguenti  indicazioni :  Nome 
e  cognome,  residenza,  occu- 
pazione,  luogo  dove  si  ha 
la  occupazione. 

Noi  vi  faremo  vedere  dove 
sono  i  libri  italiani. 
Quando  avete  trovato  il  li- 
bro  che  desiderate,  date  la 


THE  USE  OF  THE  LI- 
BRARY. 

The  Library  is  free  for  all. 

The  books  are  in  the  Li- 
brary in  order  that  you  may 
read  them,  or  study  them,  or 
take  them  home,  if  you  have 
the  card. 

WHO     MAY      TAKE 
BOOKS  HOME? 
You  may. 

Your  children  may. 
Anyone  in  the  city  may. 

OR 
The  reader  must  have  the 
required  form  signed  by 
some  one  who  knows  him, 
and  whose  name  is  in  the 
Directory. 

OR 
Anyone    who    lives    in    the 
city,    giving    the    necessary 
references,   may   obtain  the 
loan  of  books  to  take  home. 

HOW  BOOKS  MAY  BE 
TAKEN  OUT. 
The  card  is  given  without 
charge.  The  first  time  you 
come,  if  you  cannot  speak 
English,  bring  with  you  a 
boy,  or  some  person  who 
may  act  as  interpreter  for 
you.  It  is  necessary  to  give 
the  following  information: 
Your  full  name,  residence, 
occupation,  and  the  address 
of  the  place  where  you 
work. 

We    will    show   you    where 
the  Italian  books  are. 
When  you  have  found  the 
book    that    you    wish,    give 


90 


vostra  tessera  e  il  libro  che 
avete  scelto  alia  bibliote- 
caria.  Ella  ne  prendera 
nota  e  vi  consegnera  il  libro 
da  portare  a  casa. 
Se  i  libri  desiderati  non  si 
trovano  in  Biblioteca,  si 
fara  di  tutto  per  ottenerli. 
II  libro  che  sia  fuori 
quando  voi  lo  domandate, 
vi  verra  riserbato  dalla  bi- 
bliotecaria,  se  voi  gliene  fate 
richiesta. 

La  sezione  pei  ragazzi  e  ra- 
gazze  e  ben  provvista  di  libri 
istruttivi  e  dilettevoli,  e  ha 
una  sala  dove  si  possono 
comodamente  studiare  le 
lezioni  di  scuola. 

Perche  non  mandate  i  vostri 
figlioli  alia  Biblioteca,  dove 
possono  ottenere  aiuto  per  il 
loro  lavoro  di  scuola? 
VOLETE  I  M  P  A  R  A  R  E 
L'INGLESE? 

FREQUENTATE  LA 

SCUOLA  GRATUITA 
ALLA   BIBLIOTECA 
PUBBLICA. 
LE   LEZIONI    COMINCI- 

ANO 

ALLEORE P.  M. 

PER  ALTRE  INFORMA- 
ZIONIDOMANDARE 
ALLA  BIBLIOTECARIA. 

IL  REGOLAMENTO. 
Gli  adulti  possono  prendere 
non  piu  di  quattro  (due) 
volumi  alia  volta — di  cui 
uno  soltanto  romanzo  e  una 
rivista;  i  ragazzi  non  piii  di 
due  volumi  alia  volta.  I 
libri  devono  essere  restituiti 
dopo  non  piii  di  due  setti- 
mane — e  alcuni  dopo  non  piii 
di  una  settimana  sola. 
Le  riviste  del  mese  in  corso 
e  del  mese  precedente  non 


your  card  and  the  book  that 

you  have  chosen  to  the 
Librarian.  She  will  make 
a  note  of  it,  and  will  give 
you  the  book  to  take  home. 
If  the  books  that  you  wished 
are  not  in  the  Library,  every 
effort  will  be  made  to  secure 
them  for  you.  When  a  book 
that  you  have  asked  for  is 
out,  it  will  be  reserved  for 
you  by  the  Librarian,  if  you 
ask  her  to  do  so. 
The  Department  for  boys 
and  girls  is  well  provided 
with  instructive  and  enter- 
taining books,  and  it  has  a 
room  where  they  may  very 
comfortably  study  their  les- 
sons for  school. 
Why  do  you  not  send  your 
children  to  the  Library, 
where  they  may  obtain  help 
for  their  school  work? 
DO  YOU  WISH  TO 
LEARN  ENGLISH? 
COME  TO  THE  FREE 
SCHOOL  AT  THE  PUB- 
LIC LIBRARY. 

THE  LESSONS  COM- 
MENCE    

AT  P.  M. 

FOR  OTHER  INFORMA- 
TION ASK  THE  LI- 
BRARIAN. 

RULES. 
Adults  may  take  out  no 
more  than  four  (two) 
books  at  one  time  —  of 
w^hich  one  alone  may  be  a 
novel  and  one  a  magazine; 
children  not  more  than  two 
books  at  a  time.  The  books 
must  be  returned  within  two 
weeks — and  some  of  them 
within  one  week. 
Magazines  of  the  current 
month  and  of  the  preceding 


—  91  — 


possono  ottenersi  in  pres- 
tito  per  piu  di  tre  giorni. 
La  multa  di  un  soldo  e 
imposta  per  ogni  giorno  di 
ritardo  nel  restituire  i  libri, 
e  la  Biblioteca  ha  il  diritto 
di  mandare  a  ritirarli  a 
spese  del  richiedente,  che 
non  potra  ottenere  altri  libri, 
finche  non  avra  pagato  tutte 
le  spese. 

Ordinariamente  il  prestito 
dei  libri  potra  essere  rinno- 
vato  per  altre  due  settimane, 
facendone  domanda. 
La  Biblioteca  sta  aperta,  per 
il  prestito  e  la  restituzione 
dei  libri,  dalle  9  a.  m.  alle  9. 
p.  m.  di  ogni  giorno,  eccetto 
la  domenica. 

I  richiedenti  che  trovano  nei 
libri  segni  di  matita,  pagine 
lacere  o  mancanti,  debbono 
farlo  notare  alia  bibliote- 
caria. 


month  may  not  be  borrowed 
for  more  than  three  days. 
A  fine  of  one  cent  is  im- 
posed for  each  day  of  delay 
in  returning  the  books,  and 
the  Library  has  the  right  to 
send  to  get  them  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  one  who  has 
borrowed  them,  and  he  will 
not  be  able  to  obtain  other 
books,  until  he  has  paid  all 
the  expenses. 

Ordinarily  the  loan  of  books 
rnay  be  renewed  for  an  ad- 
ditional two  weeks,  by  mak- 
ing request. 

The  Library  is  open  for  the 
loan  and  return  of  books 
from  9  A.  M.  until  9.  P.  M. 
every  day,  except  Sunday. 

Those  who  take  out  books 
and  find  in  them  pencil 
marks,  pages  torn  or  miss- 
ing, should  call  them  to  the 
attention  of  the  Librarian. 


FRIENDLY  HELPS  IN  ITALIAN. 
With  Apologies  to  the  Berkshire  Athenaeum,  Pittsfield,  Mass. 


Buon   giorno.      Good   morning;   good   day — (Greeting   used 

until  late  afternoon). 

Buona  sera.     Good  evening — (Greeting  used  late  afternoon 

and  evening). 

A  rivederci.     Good-bye — until  we  meet  again. 

Ci  farete  sempre  piacere.    //  will  always  give  us  pleasure  to 

see  you. 

Parlate  inglese?     Leggete  I'inglese?    Do  you  speak  English? 

Do  you  read  English f 

Leggete  I'italiano?    Scrivete  I'italiano?    Do  you  read  Italianf 

Do  you  write  Italianf 

Come  vi  chiamate?     What  is  your  name? 

Leggete  questa  carta  e  firmate  il  vostro  nome  qui. 

Read  this  paper  and  sign  your  name  here. 

Scrivete  anche  il  vostro   indirizzo   e  il  nome  della  persona 

presso  cui  lavorate. 

IVrife  also  your  address,  and  the  name  of  the  man  you  work 

for. 

Voi  dovete  darci  il  nome  di  una  persona  che  noi  conosciamo. 

-92  — 


che  sia  disposta  a  firmare  questa  carta  ed  essere  risponsabile 

per  voi. 

You  must  give  us  the  name  of  some  one  that  we  know,  who 

is  willing  to  sign  this  paper  and  be  responsible  for  you. 

Troverete    il    regolamento    di    questa    Biblioteca    in    questa 

tessera. 

You  will  find  the  rules  of  the  Library  on  this  card. 

I  libri  italiani  sono  qui,  tutti  insieme. 

Our  Italian  books  are  all  here  together. 

Venite  qui  e  scegliete  quel  che  vi  piace. 

Come  here  and  choose  what  you  wish. 

Potete  prendere  un  romanzo  e  un  altro  libro  in  una  sola  volta 

You  may  take  a  novel  and  one  other  book  at  a  time. 

Vostra    moglie    e    i    vostri    figli    possono    prendere    libri    sc 

vogliono. 

Your  wife  and  children  may  take  books  if  they  Tvish. 

Ma  bisogna  che  anche  loro  abbiano  delle  tessere. 

But  they  too  must  have  cards. 


—  93  — 


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